CVE-2023-0142 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-0142

Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in Backup Management functionality in...

Vulnerability Description

Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in Backup Management functionality in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.2.4-25556-8, 7.0.1-42218-7 and 7.1-42661 allows remote authenticated users with administrator privileges to read or write arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Chanyoung So

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

DiskStation Manager (DSM), Unified Controller (DSMUC), Synology Router Manager (SRM)
Vulnerable Versions:
7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 0, 3.1, 1.3, 1.2

Timeline

Official Publish: June 13th, 2023
Last Modified: January 3rd, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Persistence
T1574.001 DLL Search Order Hijacking
Privilege Escalation
T1547 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
Persistence
T1036 Masquerading
Defense Evasion
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution