6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-27656
Synology DiskStation Manager DSM Cleartext Authentication Information Exposure
Description

Cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability in DDNS in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.2.3-25426-2 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to eavesdrop authentication information of DNSExit via unspecified vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 29, 2020, 9:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 3, 2020, 9:02 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.7

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-27656 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Synology diskstation_manager
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_18 Vendor Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1071 Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-27656 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 03, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_18 No Types Assigned https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_18 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1071 No Types Assigned https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1071 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-319
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:synology:diskstation_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2 up to (excluding) 6.2.3-25426-2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1071 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} 0.00%

score

0.28340

percentile

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