CVE-2019-3932 — Crestron AM-100 with firmware 1

Crestron AM-100 with firmware 1.6.0.2 and AM-101 with firmware 2.7.0.2 are vulnerable to authentication bypass due to a hard-coded password in return.tgi. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to control external devices via the uart_bridge.

01What is this vulnerability?

Crestron AM-100 with firmware 1.6.0.2 and AM-101 with firmware 2.7.0.2 are vulnerable to authentication bypass due to a hard-coded password in return.tgi. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to control external devices via the uart_bridge.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Crestron	Crestron AirMedia	AM-100 firmware 1.6.0.2 and AM-101 firmware 2.7.0.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-04-30T20:30:02.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T19:26:27.558Z

09References

• www.tenable.com — https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-20