CVE-2017-9552 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Synology Photo Station

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected CredentialsCWE-287 — Improper Authentication3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Synology Photo StationSynology Photo Station
Timeline
PublishedJun 13
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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".

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDsynology/photo_station24 versions+23
▶CVEListV5synology/synology_photo_station6.0-2528 through 6.7.1-3419

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xvv9-3xj2-h727: A design flaw in authentication in Synology Photo Station 6↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-9552: A design flaw in authentication in Synology Photo Station 6↗2017-06-13
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