CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2015-5473

Syncthru 6 vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
12.6%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Samsung SyncThru 6 before 1.0 allow remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via unspecified parameters to (1) upload/updateDriver or (2) upload/addDriver or to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges via unspecified parameters to (3) uploadCloning.html, (4) fileupload.html, (5) uploadFirmware.html, or (6) upload/driver.
Affected vendor
Samsung
Affected product
Syncthru 6
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-06-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-5473

  • Confirm whether Samsung Syncthru 6 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-5473.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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