Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-15816 (CCN-185575)

Assigned:2020-06-19
Published:2020-06-19
Updated:2021-07-21
Summary: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 Severity:8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
9.8 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.5 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
10.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-74
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-15816

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wd-cve202015816-code-exec(185575)

Source: CCN
Type: Western Digital WDC-20005
WD Discovery, Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

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

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:westerndigital:wd_discovery:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* (Version < 4.0.251.0)
  • OR cpe:/a:westerndigital:wd_discovery:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* (Version < 4.0.251.0)

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    westerndigital wd discovery *
    westerndigital wd discovery *