CVE-2017-5227
QNAP QTS before 4.2.4 Build 20170313 allows local users to obtain sensitive Domain Administrator password information by reading data in…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 6.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
QNAP QTS before 4.2.4 Build 20170313 allows local users to obtain sensitive Domain Administrator password information by reading data in an XOR format within the /etc/config/uLinux.conf configuration file.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- QNAP QTS < 4.2.4 - Domain Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 41745local, hardwarepublished 27 Mar 2017Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 41745 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.4% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 97056 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 97072 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.qnap.com/en/support/con_show.php?cid=113 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.qnap.com/en-us/releasenotes/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 41745 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack-qnap/qnap.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-14332 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-5227)Record last updated .