CVE-2022-40298: Crestron Airmedia

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Crestron Airmedia: version 4.3.1.39 only

Published 2022-09-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.