Western Digital WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo (all versions) have a root Remote Command Execution bug via shell metacharacters in the /api/1.0/rest/language_configuration language parameter. It can be triggered by anyone who knows the IP address of the affected device, as exploited in the wild in June 2021 for factory reset commands,
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Storage giant fingers 'critical' bug allowing remote factory resets that wipe contents Votes cast on this argument
Western Digital has alerted customers to a critical bug on its My Book Live storage drives, warning them to disconnect the devices from the internet to protect the units from being remotely wiped. In an advisory, the storage firm said My Book Live and My Book Live Duo devices were being "compromised through exploitation of a remote command execution vulnerability" CVE-2018-18472. The exploit is described as a root remote command execution bug which can be triggered by anyone who knows the IP add...
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