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CVE-2015-7709

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 79.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-10-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• Arkeia Western Digital Arkeia: through 11.0.12

References

• http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/misc/arkeia_agent_exec
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132660/Western-Digital-Arkeia-11.0.13-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37600/
• http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/misc/arkeia_agent_exec
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132660/Western-Digital-Arkeia-11.0.13-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37600/

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