CVE-2019-9950 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting various Western Digital My Cloud NAS devices running firmware before version 2.31.174. An attacker can exploit a default empty password for the "nobody" account to gain low-privilege access to the control panel API. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) allows for full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability without authentication or user interaction. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the high FAUCET Risk Score indicates its potential severity.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.31.174CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.31.174CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_mirror_gen2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.31.174CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_ex2_ultra_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.31.174CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_ex2100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.31.174CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_ex4100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.