Path Traversal in Photo Station (CVE-2017-11162)
Summary
Path traversal in Photo Station (CVE-2017-11162). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Directory traversal vulnerability in synphotoio in Synology Photo Station before 6.7.4-3433 and 6.3-2968 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-11162 has been found in Photo Station.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 6.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Photo Station CVE-2017-11162" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-11162 (Photo Station) — CWE-22 / CVSS v3 6.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Path traversal (CWE-22) exists in Photo Station.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Photo Station.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Photo Station を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- patch synology.com