What is CVE-2016-5640?

CVE-2016-5640 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Crestron Airmedia_am-100, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-08-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-5640?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-5640 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Crestron Airmedia_am-100

CVE-2016-5640

Directory traversal vulnerability in cgi-bin/rftest.cgi on Crestron AirMedia AM-100 devices with firmware before 1.4.0.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a .. (dot dot) in the ATE_COMMAND parameter.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.523 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cret@cert.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
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-2016-5640?: CVE-2016-5640 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Crestron Airmedia_am-100, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-5640?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-5640 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.