Misconfiguration in WD Discovery App Exposes Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2024-22169

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Key Information:

Vendor

Western Digital

Status
Wd Discovery
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 August 2024

What is CVE-2024-22169?

WD Discovery versions prior to 5.0.589 contain a misconfiguration in the Node.js environment settings that could allow code execution by utilizing the 'ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE' environment variable. Any malicious application operating with standard user permissions can exploit this vulnerability, enabling code execution within WD Discovery application's context. WD Discovery version 5.0.589 addresses this issue by disabling certain features and fuses in Electron. The attack vector for this issue requires the victim to have the WD Discovery app installed on their device.

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Affected Version(s)

WD Discovery 0 < 5.0.589

References

https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/w...

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

Credit

Western Digital would like to thank YoKo Kho, Fahad Alamri, and AbdulKarim from HakTrak Cybersecurity Squad for reporting this issue
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