CVE-2020-15816

In Western Digital WD Discovery before 4.0.251.0, a malicious application running with standard user permissions could potentially execute code in the application's process through library injection by using DYLD environment variables.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-20005-wd-discovery-remote-command-execution-vulnerability	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:wd_discovery::::::macos::*
	cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:wd_discovery::::::windows::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-07-17 20:15

Updated : 2021-07-21 11:39

NVD link : CVE-2020-15816

Mitre link : CVE-2020-15816

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-15816

JSON object : View

Products Affected

westerndigital

wd_discovery

CWE

CWE-668

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

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