Western Digital My Cloud prior OS5 Firmware Upgrade signature verification
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Western Digital My Cloud. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Firmware Upgrade Handler. Such manipulation leads to signature verification. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2021-36226. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Western Digital My Cloud (Cloud Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Firmware Upgrade Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a signature verification vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-347. The product does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Western Digital My Cloud devices before OS5 do not use cryptographically signed Firmware upgrade files.
The weakness was released 02/06/2023. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-36226 since 07/08/2021. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
Upgrading to version OS5 eliminates this vulnerability.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5
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VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploiting
Class: Signature verificationCWE: CWE-347 / CWE-345
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: My Cloud OS5
Timeline
07/08/2021 🔍02/06/2023 🔍
02/06/2023 🔍
03/05/2023 🔍
Sources
Advisory: github.comStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-36226 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-36226
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220226
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 02/06/2023 15:46Updated: 03/05/2023 10:40
Changes: 02/06/2023 15:46 (43), 03/05/2023 10:40 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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