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WD My Book Live (PBK)
Brand: Western Digital (Parent: Western Digital) Category: Network attached storage (NAS) • Model / Gen: My Book Live (PBK) Release Date: 2011-01-01 • Status: End of life Classification Date: • Official Website | |
| Criterion | Value | Proof | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Known hardware tampering | Rare | 🔗 Proof | Physical disassembly or direct disk removal needed; not remotely tamperable. |
| Known vulnerabilities | Very common | 🔗 Proof | CVE-2021-35941 unauthenticated root command injection plus unauthenticated factory reset; multiple flaws in legacy firmware. |
| Prior attacks | Very common | 🔗 Proof | Mass remote-wipe campaign in 2021 against this unsupported product line (Krebs on Security coverage). |
| Updatability | None | 🔗 Proof | Discontinued; End of Updates and End of Support, no security patches available. |
| Category Score | Score: 3 / 3 | ||
| Criterion | Value | Proof | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authentication with other systems | Partial | — | Local admin account; legacy remote-access channel weakly authenticated. |
| Communications | No encryption | — | Legacy firmware; remote access weak/plain, no modern TLS. |
| Storage | No encryption | — | Single drive not encrypted at rest; disk readable when removed. |
| Category Score | Score: 3 / 3 | ||
| Criterion | Value | Proof | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Account management | Basic | — | |
| Authentication | Basic | — | |
| Brute-force protection | Absent | — | |
| Event logging | Partial logging | — | |
| Passwords | Default/Common/Easy to guess | — | |
| Category Score | Score: 3 / 3 | ||
| Property | Details |
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| Operating System & App | (Companion App: ) |
| Hardware (CPU / GPU) | CPU: • GPU: |
| Memory & Storage | Memory: • Storage: Single internal hard drive, no encryption at rest |
| Power, Battery & Charging | Battery: • Power: • Charging: |
| Display & Camera | Display: • Camera: |
| Sound & Connectivity | Sound: • Connectivity: Gigabit Ethernet; no wireless |
| Physical (Dimensions & Mass) | Dimensions: • Mass: |
