Synology Download Station 3.8.x before 3.8.5-3475 and 3.x before 3.5-2984 uses weak permissions (0777) for ui/dlm/btsearch directory, which…

published 2017-08-14 9y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-2791

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.3%; EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 0; none known

Synology Download Station 3.8.x before 3.8.5-3475 and 3.x before 3.5-2984 uses weak permissions (0777) for ui/dlm/btsearch directory, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading an executable via unspecified vectors.

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Exploit prediction

2.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Synology Synology Download Station

Classification

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

synology.com /en-global/support/security/Synology_SA_17_28_Download_Station
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-11156
NVD CVE-2017-11156

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