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CRITICAL
CVE-2019-16399
Western Digital WD My Book World through II Authentication Bypass
Description

Western Digital WD My Book World through II 1.02.12 suffers from Broken Authentication, which allows an attacker to access the /admin/ directory without credentials. An attacker can easily enable SSH from /admin/system_advanced.php?lang=en and login with the default root password welc0me.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 18, 2019, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-16399 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Westerndigital wd_my_book_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154524/Western-Digital-My-Book-World-II-NAS-1.02.12-Hardcoded-Credential.html
https://gist.github.com/pak0s/22ad6bae26198ebcd137b61adb6fcfe6 Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-16399 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-287 CWE-798
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154524/Western-Digital-My-Book-World-II-NAS-1.02.12-Hardcoded-Credential.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://gist.github.com/pak0s/22ad6bae26198ebcd137b61adb6fcfe6 No Types Assigned https://gist.github.com/pak0s/22ad6bae26198ebcd137b61adb6fcfe6 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:wd_my_book_firmware:*:*:world_ii:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.02.12 OR cpe:2.3:h:westerndigital:wd_my_book:-:*:world_ii:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

13.12 }} -4.27%

score

0.95628

percentile

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