CVE-2022-29841 OS Command Injection vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud devices
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands and gain a reverse shell on Western Digital My Cloud devices due to unsanitized input in privileged file operations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-29841?
CVE-2022-29841 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5, published on 10 May 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability that was caused by a command that read files from a privileged location and created a system command without sanitizing the read data. This command could be triggered by an attacker remotely to cause code execution and gain a reverse shell in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devices.This issue affects My Cloud OS 5: before 5.26.119.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29841?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Westerndigital My Cloud Os.
How do I fix CVE-2022-29841?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29841 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2022-29841 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29841 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5
- CVE-2023-22814 Authentication Bypass issue in My Cloud OS 5 devices
- CVE-2022-29842 Command Injection Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud devices
- CVE-2021-36224 Hardcoded credentials in n/a
- CVE-2021-36226 Security feature bypass in n/a
- CVE-2022-22989 Pre-authenticated stack overflow vulnerability on FTP Service
Sources
Also known as GHSA-39gv-q5r7-jg94.