CVE-2020-8959

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

Western Digital WesternDigitalSSDDashboardSetup.exe before 3.0.2.0 allows DLL Hijacking.

Affected products

Westerndigital Sandiskssddashboardsetup.Exe: before 3.0.2.0 — fixed in 3.0.2.0
Westerndigitalssddashboardsetup.Exe: before 3.0.2.0 — fixed in 3.0.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Westerndigital Sandiskssddashboardsetup.Exe 3.0.2.0; Westerndigitalssddashboardsetup.Exe 3.0.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?g=907&lang=en#downloads
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-20001-ssd-dashboard-setup-privilege-escalation
https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?g=907&lang=en#downloads
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-20001-ssd-dashboard-setup-privilege-escalation

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