Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-5640 · published 3 August 2016

CVE-2016-5640: Crestron airmedia am-100 firmware command injection vulnerability

Crestron · Airmedia Am 100 Firmware

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 18% · top 2.9% CWE-77 · Command injection

9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 10.0

18%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Airmedia Am 100 Firmware Crestron

References

Link	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/603047	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92216	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/CylanceVulnResearch/disclosures/blob/master/CLVA-2016-05-002.md	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/603047	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92216	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/CylanceVulnResearch/disclosures/blob/master/CLVA-2016-05-002.md	Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-5640), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.