What is CVE-2015-7709?

CVE-2015-7709 is a vulnerability in Arkeia Western Digital, classified under CWE-264. Published 2015-10-05.

Is CVE-2015-7709 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Arkeia Western Digital

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 and execute arbitrary commands via a series of crafted requests involving the ARKFS_EXEC_CMD operation.

Published 2015-10-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.790 (99.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-17.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.790 · newest: 0.790 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Arkeia Western Digital

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/misc/arkeia_agent_exec (Exploit)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/132660/Western-Digital-Arkeia-11.0.13-Remote-Code… (Exploit)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37600/ (Exploit, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7709?: CVE-2015-7709 is a vulnerability in Arkeia Western Digital, classified under CWE-264. Published 2015-10-05.
Is CVE-2015-7709 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.