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Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.wdc.com/cat_products.aspx?ID=6&lang=en","tags":["Product"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-19006-sandisk-x600-sata-ssd","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-19007-sandisk-x300-x400-sata-ssd","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.wdc.com/cat_products.aspx?ID=6&lang=en","tags":["Product"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-19006-sandisk-x600-sata-ssd","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-19007-sandisk-x300-x400-sata-ssd","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10706","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}