Western Digital EdgeRover Desktop App on Windows/macOS permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Western Digital EdgeRover Desktop App on Windows/macOS. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-22988. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Western Digital EdgeRover Desktop App on Windows/macOS (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

File and directory permissions have been corrected to prevent unintended users from modifying or accessing resources. It would be more difficult for an authenticated attacker to now traverse through the files and directories. This can only be exploited once an attacker has already found a way to get authenticated access to the device.

The weakness was disclosed 01/14/2022. The advisory is shared for download at westerndigital.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-22988 since 01/10/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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NVD Base Score: 9.1
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CNA Base Score: 7.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/10/2022 🔍
01/14/2022 +4 days 🔍
01/14/2022 +0 days 🔍
02/25/2026 +1503 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: westerndigital.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-22988 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22988
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-190412

Entryinfo

Created: 01/14/2022 13:47
Updated: 02/25/2026 05:09
Changes: 01/14/2022 13:47 (47), 01/17/2022 14:30 (1), 02/25/2026 05:09 (36)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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