CVE-2025-30248
DLL hijacking in the WD Discovery Installer in Western Digital WD Discovery 5.2.730 on Windows allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via placement of a crafted dll in the installer's
02 Description
DLL hijacking in the WD Discovery Installer in Western Digital WD Discovery 5.2.730 on Windows allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via placement of a crafted dll in the installer's
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.9 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-01-26 22:47Z9 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-01-27 21:33Z9 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-03-19
- Assigning CNA
- WDC PSIRT
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 4f2d65a747c53109aaa10641520cbb82b68874d89cd5850f2828dd213f7dcdc3
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
Western Digital recommends users download the latest version from the WD Discovery Downloads page or by following the instructions on the WD Discovery: Online User Guide https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/20465