CVE-2021-35941

HIGH 7.5CVE-2021-35941 · Published 29/06/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
—	No affected product versions are listed for this vulnerability yet.

Description

Western Digital WD My Book Live (2.x and later) and WD My Book Live Duo (all versions) have an administrator API that can perform a system factory restore without authentication, as exploited in the wild in June 2021, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-18472.

References

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices · Exploit
westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo · Vendor Advisory

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