CVE-2021-33205 Privilege escalation in n/a
A low-privileged user can escalate to admin privileges in Western Digital EdgeRover by loading malicious content, enabling credential theft and library manipulation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-33205?
CVE-2021-33205 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Jun 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Western Digital EdgeRover before 0.25 has an escalation of privileges vulnerability where a low privileged user could load malicious content into directories with higher privileges, because of how Node.js is used. An attacker can gain admin privileges and carry out malicious activities such as creating a fake library and stealing user credentials.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-33205?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Westerndigital Edgerover.
How do I fix CVE-2021-33205?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-33205 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-33205 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-33205 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j39j-cvpv-82wg.