Medium severity · published Dec 9, 2022
CVE-2022-29839
Remote Backups Application Discloses Stored Credentials
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in the remote backups application on Western Digital My Cloud devices that could allow an attacker who has gained access to a relevant endpoint to use that information to access protected data. This issue affects: Western Digital My Cloud My Cloud versions prior to 5.25.124 on Linux.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MC
My Cloud · Western Digital
My Cloud before 5.25.124 · source: vendor
MC
MY Cloud OS · Westerndigital
before 5.25.124 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29839
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29839
Vendor Advisory
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-22019-my-cloud-firmware-version-5-25-124
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