What is CVE-2017-9552?

CVE-2017-9552 is a high-severity vulnerability in Synology Photo Station, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-9552?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Synology Photo Station

CVE-2017-9552

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".

EPSS: 0.003 (23.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Synology Photo_station — versions 6.0-2528, 6.0-2636, 6.0-2638
Synology Photo Station — versions 6.0-2528 through 6.7.1-3419

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@synology.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
security@synology.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9552?: CVE-2017-9552 is a high-severity vulnerability in Synology Photo Station, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-9552?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.