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.
Published: 2022-09-22
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-43595 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.
History

Tue, 27 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Crestron Airmedia
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-27T15:23:18.955Z

Reserved: 2022-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40298

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Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:40.215Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-23T00:15:10.087

Modified: 2025-05-27T16:15:27.543

Link: CVE-2022-40298

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