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Improper Access Control

CVE-2019-3935

High
9.1/10

Summary

Crestron AM-100 with firmware 1.6.0.2 and AM-101 with firmware 2.7.0.2 allows anyone to act as a moderator to a slide show via crafted HTTP POST requests to conference.cgi. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to start, stop, and disconnect active slideshows.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published