CVE-2017-16769 — Exposure of private information vulnerability in Photo Viewer in Synology Photo

Exposure of private information vulnerability in Photo Viewer in Synology Photo Station 6.8.1-3458 allows remote attackers to obtain metadata from password-protected photographs via the map viewer mode.

01What is this vulnerability?

Exposure of private information vulnerability in Photo Viewer in Synology Photo Station 6.8.1-3458 allows remote attackers to obtain metadata from password-protected photographs via the map viewer mode.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Synology	Synology Photo Station	6.8.1-3458

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-02-23T22:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T00:36:17.171Z

09References

• www.synology.com — https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/security/Synology_SA_17_76