CVE-2019-7194

QNAP Photo Station: Path Traversal

As of , CVE-2019-7194 in QNAP Photo Station is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 8 June 2022
US federal deadline
22 June 202214 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Known
EPSS score
0.83Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.01 on 8 June 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
1 Metasploit module
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

QNAP devices running Photo Station contain an external control of file name or path vulnerability allowing remote attackers to access or modify system files.

CISA's description

This external control of file name or path vulnerability allows remote attackers to access or modify system files. To fix the vulnerability, QNAP recommend updating Photo Station to their latest versions.

The CVE record's description, from qnap

CVE published
5 December 2019
Assigned by
qnap
CVSS
9.8 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
yes
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Public exploits

Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.

  • Metasploit: QNAP QTS and Photo Station Local File Inclusionauxiliary module, rank normal

Photo Station: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2019-7192Improper Access ControlQNAP Photo StationPatch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.880.88
CVE-2019-7195Path TraversalQNAP Photo StationPatch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.900.90
CVE-2022-27593Externally Controlled ReferenceQNAP Photo StationPatch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.880.88

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