What is CVE-2016-5639?

CVE-2016-5639 is a high-severity vulnerability in Crestron Airmedia_am-100, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-08-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-5639?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-5639 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Crestron Airmedia_am-100

CVE-2016-5639

Directory traversal vulnerability in cgi-bin/login.cgi on Crestron AirMedia AM-100 devices with firmware before 1.4.0.13 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the src parameter.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.478 (97.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cret@cert.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
40813 (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
92216 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
VU#603047 (x_refsource_CERT-VN, US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5639?: CVE-2016-5639 is a high-severity vulnerability in Crestron Airmedia_am-100, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-5639?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-5639 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.