CVE-2020-15816
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.041 · 91 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8
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affected products (2)
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references (6)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/47969cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15816cnnvd
- https://www.westerndigital.com/Patchcnnvd
- https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-20005-wd-discovery-remote-command-execution-vulnerabilitycnnvd
- https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-20005-wd-discovery-remote-command-execution-vulnerabilityenisa_euvd
- https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-20005-wd-discovery-remote-command-execution-vulnerabilityVendor Advisorynvd
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