Is CVE-2022-29842 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-29842 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-29842?

CVE-2022-29842 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-29842?

CVE-2022-29842 has an EPSS score of 1.84% (76th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-29842?

Upgrade my cloud os to 5.26.119 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-29842

CRITICALEPSS 76th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-77Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

my cloud osNVD

Affected:>= 5.02.104, < 5.26.119Fixed in:5.26.119CVE-2022-29842derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.84%probability of exploitation in 30 days

76thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 76% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

westerndigital.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.