Crestron AirMedia 4.3.1.39 on Windows insecure inherited permissions

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Crestron AirMedia 4.3.1.39 on Windows. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to insecure inherited permissions. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-40298. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Crestron AirMedia 4.3.1.39 on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insecure inherited permissions vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-277. A product defines a set of insecure permissions that are inherited by objects that are created by the program. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 09/23/2022. The advisory is available at crestron.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-40298 since 09/08/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1222 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 5.5.1.84 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insecure inherited permissions
CWE: CWE-277 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AirMedia 5.5.1.84

Timelineinfo

09/08/2022 🔍
09/23/2022 +15 days 🔍
09/23/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/28/2025 +977 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: crestron.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-40298 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-40298
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209354

Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2022 08:53
Updated: 05/28/2025 01:24
Changes: 09/23/2022 08:53 (40), 10/22/2022 14:26 (10), 05/28/2025 01:24 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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