CVE-2022-29842 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2022-29842

Command Injection Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud devices

Vulnerability Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the root user on a vulnerable CGI file was discovered in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devicesThis issue affects My Cloud OS 5: before 5.26.119.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Sam Thomas (@_s_n_t) of Pentest Ltd (@pentestltd) working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative

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Affected Vendor

Western Digital

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Affected Software

My Cloud OS 5
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 10th, 2023
Last Modified: January 24th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-77

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control