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 ..
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 20.84% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 November 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- crestron/airmedia am-100 firmware
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS moved from 14.0% on 21 September 2026 to 20.8% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/603047Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92216Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/CylanceVulnResearch/disclosures/blob/master/CLVA-2016-05-001.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40813/
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/603047Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92216Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/CylanceVulnResearch/disclosures/blob/master/CLVA-2016-05-001.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40813/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.