Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery…: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
CVE-2022-49036 is a high-severity inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere vulnerability in Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator from Synology, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 out of 10. It can be exploited with local access to the system by an attacker with a low-privileged account, without any action from a user. The record lists version 2.5.0-2081 as the first without the flaw, so updating Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator to that release or later removes the exposure. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.12% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.
High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.
What to do
- Update Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator to 2.5.0-2081 or a later version.
- Update Active Backup For Business Recovery Media Creator to 2.5.0-2081 or a later version.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Synology | Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator | before 2.5.0-2081 | 2.5.0-2081 |
| Synology | Active Backup For Business Recovery Media Creator | before 2.5.0-2081 | 2.5.0-2081 |
Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.
How the severity score breaks down
- Attack vector
- LocalThe attacker needs local access or must trick a user into running something.
- Attack complexity
- LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
- Privileges required
- LowA basic user account is enough.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Scope
- UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality
- HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
- Integrity
- HighData or code can be modified at will.
- Availability
- HighThe component can be taken down completely.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CNA (synology.com).
Official description
An inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere vulnerability in OpenSSL configuration in Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator before 2.5.0-2081 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
The product imports, requires, or includes executable functionality (such as a library) from a source that is outside of the intended control sphere.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
- When the set of acceptable objects, such as filenames or URLs, is limited or known, create a mapping from a set of fixed input values (such as numeric IDs) to the actual filenames or URLs, and reject all other inputs. For example, ID 1 could map to inbox.txt and ID 2 could map to profile.txt. Features such as the ESAPI AccessReferenceMap provide this capability.
- For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks entirely. Then, these modified values would be submitted to the server.
More Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere vulnerabilities (CWE-829)
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
- Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).
References
Patches and release notes
Recent Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere vulnerabilities
- 7.5 High severity
- 9.6 Critical severity
- 7.8 High severity
- 8.6 High severity
- 8.6 High severity
- 7.3 High severity
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