High severity · published Aug 18, 2017
CVE-2017-11160
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in installer in Synology Assistant before 6.1-15163 on Windows allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in installer in Synology Assistant before 6.1-15163 on Windows allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attack via a Trojan horse (1) shfolder.dll, (2) ntmarta.dll, (3) secur32.dll or (4) dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Assistant · Synology
through 6.1-15030 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11160
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11160
Vendor Advisory
https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/security/Synology_SA_17_44_Synology_Assistant
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