High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 17, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-15816
CVE-2020-15816
Description
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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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:wd_discovery:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:wd_discovery:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*range: <4.0.251.0
- cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:wd_discovery:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*range: <4.0.251.0
- (no CPE)range: <4.0.251.0
- Western Digital/WD Discoverydescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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