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    CVE-2021-36225

    Western Digital My Cloud devices before OS5 allow REST API access by low-privileged accounts, as demonstrated by API commands for firmware uploads and installation.

    Published:Feb 6, 2023
    Last Modified:Mar 26, 2025
    EPS:Feb 6, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00066
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Westerndigital
    Product
    My Cloud Os
    Vendor
    Westerndigital
    Product
    My Cloud Pr4100

    Exploits

    https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/Pwn2Own/Tokyo_2020/weekend_destroyer/weekend_destroyer.mdhttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/07/another-0-day-looms-for-many-western-digital-users/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsg9YgvGBechttps://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/Pwn2Own/Tokyo_2020/weekend_destroyer/weekend_destroyer.mdhttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/07/another-0-day-looms-for-many-western-digital-users/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsg9YgvGBec

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-862 Missing Authorization

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-665 Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High