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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-11157

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the installer in Synology Cloud Station Backup before 4.2.5-4396 on Windows allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse (1) shfolder.dll, (2)…

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.44%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the installer in Synology Cloud Station Backup before 4.2.5-4396 on Windows allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse (1) shfolder.dll, (2) ntmarta.dll, (3) secur32.dll or (4) dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory.

CVSS 3.0
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.44% probability · 38th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-426
Affected
synology/cloud station backup
Source
security@synology.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.44%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.