CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-11156

Incorrect Default Permissions

Published: Aug 14, 2017 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Synology Download Station 3.8.x before 3.8.5-3475 and 3.x before 3.5-2984 uses weak permissions (0777) for ui/dlm/btsearch directory, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading an executable via unspecified vectors.

Weakness

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Download_station Synology 3.2-2295 (including) 3.2-2295 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.3-2382 (including) 3.3-2382 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.3-2383 (including) 3.3-2383 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.3-2386 (including) 3.3-2386 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.4-2477 (including) 3.4-2477 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.4-2478 (including) 3.4-2478 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.4-2480 (including) 3.4-2480 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.4-2485 (including) 3.4-2485 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.4-2486 (including) 3.4-2486 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.4-2489 (including) 3.4-2489 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.4-2490 (including) 3.4-2490 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.4-2514 (including) 3.4-2514 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.4-2555 (including) 3.4-2555 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.4-2557 (including) 3.4-2557 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.4-2558 (including) 3.4-2558 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.5-2638 (including) 3.5-2638 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.5-2705 (including) 3.5-2705 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.5-2706 (including) 3.5-2706 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.5-2955 (including) 3.5-2955 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.5-2956 (including) 3.5-2956 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.5-2962 (including) 3.5-2962 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.5-2963 (including) 3.5-2963 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.5-2967 (including) 3.5-2967 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.5-2968 (including) 3.5-2968 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.5-2970 (including) 3.5-2970 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.5-2973 (including) 3.5-2973 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.5-2980 (including) 3.5-2980 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.5-2982 (including) 3.5-2982 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.8.0-3416 (including) 3.8.0-3416 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.8.1-3420 (including) 3.8.1-3420 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.8.2-3455 (including) 3.8.2-3455 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.8.3-3458 (including) 3.8.3-3458 (including)
Download_station Synology 3.8.4-3468 (including) 3.8.4-3468 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

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