Local DLL search order hijacking in Western Digital WD Discovery Installer (WD Discovery <= 5.2.730)
CVE-2025-30248 is a Windows DLL search order hijacking (DLL hijacking) vulnerability in the Western Digital WD Discovery Installer affecting WD Discovery 5.2.730 and all earlier versions. Due to unsafe DLL loading behavior during installation, a local attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution by placing a crafted/malicious DLL in a location that is searched by the installer’s DLL resolution path, causing the installer process to load the attacker-controlled DLL.
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Impact
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Mitigation
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Remediation
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Exploits
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Recent activity
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A high-severity local code execution vulnerability in Western Digital WD Discovery’s installer caused by DLL search order hijacking, allowing an attacker with local access to place a malicious DLL in the installer’s search path and achieve arbitrary code execution with the installer’s privileges.
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Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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