CVE-2022-40298

Published Sep 23, 2022

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: Crestron AirMedia for Windows before 5.5.1.84 has insecure inherited permissions, which leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability found in the AirMedia Windows Application, version 4.3.1.39. A low privileged user can initiate a repair of the system and gain a SYSTEM level shell.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 8.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-732

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:crestron:airmedia:4.3.1.39:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "92342A07-1DFE-43D8-895E-D05C5EE63FEC"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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