CVE-2020-15816
In Western Digital WD Discovery before 4.0.251.0, a malicious application running with standard...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-15816- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-15816- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-7798 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-7798- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3h98-pjm4-888p No score
In Western Digital WD Discovery before 4.0.251.0, a malicious application running with standard...
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.
- Record
GHSA-3h98-pjm4-888p- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-15816 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Westerndigital Wd Discovery, published July 17, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.09%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.