Vulnerability Details : 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.
Vulnerability category: Execute code
Products affected by CVE-2020-15816
- cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:wd_discovery:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:wd_discovery:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-15816
0.11%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 42 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2020-15816
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6.5
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
8.0
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6.4
|
NIST | |
|
8.8
|
HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
2.8
|
5.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2020-15816
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The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2020-15816
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https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-20005-wd-discovery-remote-command-execution-vulnerability
WDC-20005 - WD Discovery, Remote Command Execution Vulnerability | Western DigitalVendor Advisory
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