{"id":"CVE-2016-5640","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-5640","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:24:22.368Z","title":"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 ..","description":"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.","published":"2016-08-03T01:59:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:49:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-77"],"affected":["crestron/airmedia am-100 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.17707,"percentile":0.97168,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.10504,"percentile":0.95619},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.17707,"percentile":0.97021}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.17707,"from":0.10504,"percentile":0.97021},"summary":"EPSS moved from 10.5% to 17.7% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/603047","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92216","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/CylanceVulnResearch/disclosures/blob/master/CLVA-2016-05-002.md","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/603047","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92216","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/CylanceVulnResearch/disclosures/blob/master/CLVA-2016-05-002.md","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5640","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}