PT-2020-20396 · Western Digital · Western Digital Ssd Dashboard

Eli Paz + 1 · Published 2020-02-19 · Updated 2020-02-27 · CVE-2020-8959

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Western Digital WesternDigitalSSDDashboardSetup.exe versions prior to 3.0.2.0

Description The issue allows DLL Hijacking, which can be exploited due to a flaw in the Western Digital WesternDigitalSSDDashboardSetup.exe. No information is provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.0.2.0, update to version 3.0.2.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the loading of external DLLs by the WesternDigitalSSDDashboardSetup.exe until a patch is applied.

Fix

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-8959

Affected Products

Western Digital Ssd Dashboard

References · 5

• https://westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-20001-ssd-dashboard-setup-privilege-escalation · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?g=907&lang=en#downloads · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8959 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8959 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/1089 · Telegram Post