CVE-2015-7709 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the arkeiad daemon of Western Digital Arkeia Backup Agent versions 11.0.12 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending a specific sequence of crafted requests. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability from an unauthenticated network attacker. While not currently on the CISA KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for this vulnerability, indicating readily available exploit code, despite minimal public discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:arkeia:western_digital_arkeia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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