Impr Cert Validation in DSM LDAP (v<7.2) – MITM Auth Hijack
CVE-2024-10444 Published on March 19, 2025
Improper certificate validation vulnerability in the LDAP utilities in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 7.1.1-42962-8, 7.2.1-69057-7 and 7.2.2-72806-3 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-10444 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Certificate Validation
The software does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. When a certificate is invalid or malicious, it might allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. The software might connect to a malicious host while believing it is a trusted host, or the software might be deceived into accepting spoofed data that appears to originate from a trusted host.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-10444
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Affected Versions
Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM):- Version 7.2.2 and below 7.2.2-72806-3 is affected.
- Version 7.2.1 and below 7.2.1-69057-7 is affected.
- Version 7.1 and below 7.1.1-42962-8 is affected.
- Before 7.1 is unknown.
Exploit Probability
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