Insecure file and directory permissions on EdgeRover

published 2022-01-13 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-28099

cvss: 7.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits: 0; none known

File and directory permissions have been corrected to prevent unintended users from modifying or accessing resources. It would be more difficult for an authenticated attacker to now traverse through the files and directories. This can only be exploited once an attacker has already found a way to get authenticated access to the device.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Western Digital EdgeRover 1.5.0-576

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Exploit prediction

0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	9.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	6.4	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Western Digital EdgeRover

Classification

Weakness

CWE-275 Permission Issues
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

westerndigital.com /support/product-security/wdc-22003-edgerover-desktop-app-version-1-5-0-576
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-22988
NVD CVE-2022-22988

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