CVE-2016-5669 describes a critical vulnerability in Crestron DM-TXRX-100-STR devices with firmware prior to 1.3039.00040, where a hardcoded, publicly known X.509 certificate allows remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks against HTTPS sessions. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2866.00026CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:crestron:dm-txrx-100-str_firmware:1.2866.00026:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.