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CVE-2019-10706

Western Digital SanDisk SanDisk X300, X300s, X400, and X600 devices: The firmware update authentication method relies on a symmetric HMAC digest. The key used to validate this digest is present in a protected area of the device, and if extracted could be used to install arbitrary firmware to other devices.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.3, requiring local system access to exploit but requires specific conditions to be met without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 118 products from westerndigital, from westerndigital, from westerndigital and 115 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2020, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2020-03-10T13:15:12.500

Last Modified

2026-06-17T02:11:31.827

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

9.2

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-522

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tb8w-128g_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tb8w-128g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tb8w-256g_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tb8w-256g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tb8w-512g_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tb8w-512g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tb8w-1t00_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tb8w-1t00	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tb8w-2t00_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tb8w-2t00	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tn8w-128g_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tn8w-128g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tn8w-256g_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tn8w-256g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tn8w-512g_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tn8w-512g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tn8w-1t00_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tn8w-1t00	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tn8w-2t00_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9tn8w-2t00	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sb8w-128g_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sb8w-128g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sb8w-256g_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sb8w-256g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sb8w-512g_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sb8w-512g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sb8w-1t00_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sb8w-1t00	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sb8w-2t00_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sb8w-2t00	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sn8w-128g_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sn8w-128g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sn8w-256g_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sn8w-256g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sn8w-512g_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sn8w-512g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sn8w-1t00_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sn8w-1t00	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sn8w-2t00_firmware	< x6112100	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x600_sd9sn8w-2t00	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7sb3q-064g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7sb3q-064g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7sn3q-064g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7sn3q-064g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7ub2q-010t_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7ub2q-010t	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7ub2q-512g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7ub2q-512g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7ub3q-128g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7ub3q-128g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7ub3q-256g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7ub3q-256g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7un3q-128g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7un3q-128g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7un3q-256g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7un3q-256g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7un3q-512g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300s_sd7un3q-512g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-128g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-128g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-128g-1122_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-128g-1122	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-1t00_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-1t00	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-1t00-1122_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-1t00-1122	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-256g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-256g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-256g-1122_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-256g-1122	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-512g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-512g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-512g-1122_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sb8u-512g-1122	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-128g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-128g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-128g-1122_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-128g-1122	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-1t00_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-1t00	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-1t00-1122_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-1t00-1122	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-256g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-256g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-256g-1122_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-256g-1122	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-512g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-512g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-512g-1122_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8sn8u-512g-1122	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8tb8u-128g-1122_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8tb8u-128g-1122	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8tb8u-1t00-1122_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8tb8u-1t00-1122	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8tb8u-256g-1122_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8tb8u-256g-1122	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8tb8u-512g-1122_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x400_sd8tb8u-512g-1122	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sb6s-128g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sb6s-128g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sb6s-256g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sb6s-256g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sb7s-010t_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sb7s-010t	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sb7s-512g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sb7s-512g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sf6s-128g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sf6s-128g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sf6s-256g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sf6s-256g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sf6s-512g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sf6s-512g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sn6s-128g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sn6s-128g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sn6s-256g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sn6s-256g	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sn6s-512g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	sandisk_x300_sd7sn6s-512g	-	No

References

https://support.wdc.com/cat_products.aspx?ID=6&lang=en Product ([email protected])
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-19006-sandisk-x600-sata-ssd Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-19007-sandisk-x300-x400-sata-ssd Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.wdc.com/cat_products.aspx?ID=6&lang=en Product (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-19006-sandisk-x600-sata-ssd Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-19007-sandisk-x300-x400-sata-ssd Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For westerndigital's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.