CVE-2019-3931 Command injection in Crestron AirMedia

High 8.8 Published Updated

Remote authenticated attackers can inject arguments into curl via crafted HTTP requests to upload files and execute code as root on Crestron AirMedia devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-3931?

CVE-2019-3931 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Crestron AirMedia, published on 30 Apr 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Crestron AM-100 with firmware 1.6.0.2 and AM-101 with firmware 2.7.0.2 are vulnerable to argumention injection to the curl binary via crafted HTTP requests to return.cgi. A remote, authenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to upload files to the device and ultimately execute code as root.

Weakness: CWE-88

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3931?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Crestron Am-100 Firmware, Crestron Am-101 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2019-3931?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3931 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2019-3931 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3931 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2pjp-h3gv-vwcc.

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