CVE-2022-40298

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2022-09-23

Last modified

2025-05-27

Weaknesses

CWE-732

Affected products

• Airmedia (Crestron)

References

• https://www.crestron.com/Security/Security_Advisories
• https://www.crestron.com/release_notes/airmedia_windows_installer_release_notes_5.5.1.84.pdf