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CVE-2017-6359

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6359 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting QNAP QTS versions prior to 4.2.4 Build 20170313, allowing unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator privileges and execute arbitrary commands. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered substantial community discussion and media coverage, indicating active awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:qnap:qts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
26.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41842 · Apr 7, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2685 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/41842
qnap.com / en/support/con_show.php
MitigationVendor Advisory
qnap.com / en-us/releasenotes
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97059
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/97072
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038091
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry