CVE-2017-16769
Exposure of private information vulnerability in Photo Viewer in Synology Photo Station 6.8.1...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-16769- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-359, CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-16769- Weakness
- CWE-359
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-7948 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2017-7948- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q6xf-6x38-cpf6
Exposure of private information vulnerability in Photo Viewer in Synology Photo Station 6.8.1...
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.
- Record
GHSA-q6xf-6x38-cpf6- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-16769 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Synology Photo Station, published February 23, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.85%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.