What is CVE-2020-15816?

CVE-2020-15816 is a high-severity vulnerability in Westerndigital Wd Discovery, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-15816?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Westerndigital Wd Discovery

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.

EPSS: 0.035 (88.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Westerndigital Wd_discovery
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15816?: CVE-2020-15816 is a high-severity vulnerability in Westerndigital Wd Discovery, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-15816?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.