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CVE-2017-16709

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2018-07-11
  • Fixed in1.6.0

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Description

Crestron Airmedia AM-100 devices with firmware before 1.6.0 and AM-101 devices with firmware before 2.7.0 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-09-05Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Crestron airmedia am-100 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.6< 1.6.01.6.0
Crestron airmedia am-101 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.7< 2.7.02.7.0

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Crestron airmedia am-100 firmware to 1.6.0

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-47353
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/linux/snmp/awind_snmp_execrank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-07-11
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16709?

Crestron Airmedia AM-100 devices with firmware before 1.6.0 and AM-101 devices with firmware before 2.7.0 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Is CVE-2017-16709 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2017-16709 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 73.9% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-16709?

CVE-2017-16709 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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