Description
The arkeiad daemon in the Arkeia Backup Agent in Western Digital Arkeia 11.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands via a series of crafted requests involving the ARKFS_EXEC_CMD operation.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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Western Digital Arkeia Remote Code Execution
exploit/multi/misc/arkeia_agent_exec
Exploit-DB 1
- Western Digital Arkeia < 11.0.12 - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) EDB-37600 · remote · Jul 13, 2015 · verified
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