{"id":"CVE-2017-9552","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-9552","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:06:10.560Z","title":"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.","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\".","published":"2017-06-13T13:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:28:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@synology.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-522","CWE-287"],"affected":["synology/photo station"],"epss":{"score":0.00313,"percentile":0.24046,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://blog.crozat.net/2017/06/synology-photostation-password-vulnerabilty.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@synology.com"},{"url":"https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/security/Photo_Station_CVE_2017_9552","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@synology.com"},{"url":"http://blog.crozat.net/2017/06/synology-photostation-password-vulnerabilty.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/security/Photo_Station_CVE_2017_9552","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9552","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}