Vulnerability Assessment
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 51.07%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the critical-severity affected system. |
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QNAP has patched a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the QTS Media Library in all versions prior to QTS 4.2.6 build 20170905 and QTS 4.3.3.0299 build 20170901. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 51.1%.
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No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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QNAP has patched a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the QTS Media Library in all versions prior to QTS 4.2.6 build 20170905 and QTS 4.3.3.0299 build 20170901. This particular vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute commands on a QNAP NAS using a transcoding service on port 9251. A remote user does not require any privileges to successfully execute an attack. Affected products include: Qnap Qts.
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DescriptionCVE.org
QNAP has patched a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the QTS Media Library in all versions prior to QTS 4.2.6 build 20170905 and QTS 4.3.3.0299 build 20170901. This particular vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute commands on a QNAP NAS using a transcoding service on port 9251. A remote user does not require any privileges to successfully execute an attack.
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Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
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