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CVE-2017-15889

83
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15889 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) versions prior to 5.2-5967-5. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely by manipulating the 'disk' field within smart.cgi. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV, a Metasploit module exists, indicating readily available exploit code, though there is no evidence of widespread community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.2-5967-5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:synology:diskstation_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
72.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Synology DiskStation Manager smart.cgi Remote Command Execution · Nov 8, 2017
ExploitDB: EDB-48514 · May 25, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7245 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/157807/Synology-DiskStation-Manager-smart.cgi-Remote-Command-Execution.html
synology.com / en-global/support/security/Synology_SA_17_65_DSM
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