CVE-2017-9552
What it is
A design flaw in authentication in Synology Photo Station 6.0-2528 through 6.7.1-3419 allows local users to obtain credentials via cmdline. Synology Photo Station employs the synophoto_dsm_user program to authenticate username and password by "synophoto_dsm_user --auth USERNAME PASSWORD", and local users are able to obtain credentials by sniffing "/proc/*/cmdline".
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Synology Photo Station 6.0-2528
- Synology Photo Station 6.0-2636
- Synology Photo Station 6.0-2638
- Synology Photo Station 6.0-2639
- Synology Photo Station 6.0-2640
- Synology Photo Station 6.3-2944
- Synology Photo Station 6.3-2958
- Synology Photo Station 6.3-2960
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
- http://blog.crozat.net/2017/06/synology-photostation-password-vulnerabilty.html
- https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/security/Photo_Station_CVE_2017_9552
- http://blog.crozat.net/2017/06/synology-photostation-password-vulnerabilty.html
- https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/security/Photo_Station_CVE_2017_9552