Western Digital Arkeia up to 11.0.12 Backup Agent access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Western Digital Arkeia up to 11.0.12. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Backup Agent. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-7709. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Western Digital Arkeia up to 11.0.12. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Backup Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The arkeiad daemon in the Arkeia Backup Agent in Western Digital Arkeia 11.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands via a series of crafted requests involving the ARKFS_EXEC_CMD operation.

The weakness was disclosed 10/05/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7709 since 10/05/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Metasploit and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 84 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38650 (Western Digital Arkeia Backup Agent arkeiad OS Command Injection Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (37600). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Metasploit
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OpenVAS ID: 103353
OpenVAS Name: Western Digital Arkeia Remote Code Execution
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MetaSploit ID: arkeia_agent_exec.rb
MetaSploit Name: Western Digital Arkeia Remote Code Execution
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10/06/2015 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 132660
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-7709 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7709
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78257
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 10/06/2015 11:37
Updated: 11/17/2024 01:45
Changes: 10/06/2015 11:37 (43), 01/18/2018 07:52 (18), 06/20/2022 09:00 (3), 11/17/2024 01:45 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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