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CVE-2017-9552

Published: Jun 13, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-522
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 75.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
Not available

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".

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-522CWE-287

Affected Products

Synology
commercial·USaka router manager, diskstation manager (dsm)
Synology Photo StationOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
photo stationOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques
Credential Access
Initial Access
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References

https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/security/Photo_Station_CVE_2017_9552
synology.com
http://blog.crozat.net/2017/06/synology-photostation-password-vulnerabilty.html
blog.crozat.net

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