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High 8.9Published Jan 26, 2026
CVE-2025-30248DLL 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 sear…
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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 search path.
- CVSS
- 8.9 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)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
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-427
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WDC PSIRT
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jan 27, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
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