CVE-2017-9552

moderate-risk
Published 2017-06-13

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".

Do I need to act?

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0.04% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Synology

References (4)

Issue Tracking http://blog.crozat.net/2017/06/synology-photostation-password-vulnerabilty.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/security/Photo_Station_CVE_2017_9552
Issue Tracking http://blog.crozat.net/2017/06/synology-photostation-password-vulnerabilty.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/security/Photo_Station_CVE_2017_9552
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 21/34 · High