CVE-2016-5669
Crestron Electronics DM-TXRX-100-STR devices with firmware before 1.3039.00040 use a hardcoded...
Crestron Electronics DM-TXRX-100-STR devices with firmware before 1.3039.00040 use a hardcoded 0xb9eed4d955a59eb3 X.509 certificate from an OpenSSL Test Certification Authority, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks against HTTPS sessions by leveraging the certificate's trust relationship.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Crestron Electronics DM-TXRX-100-STR devices with firmware before 1.3039.00040 use a hardcoded 0xb9eed4d955a59eb3 X.509 certificate from an OpenSSL Test Certification Authority, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks against HTTPS sessions by leveraging the certificate's trust relationship.
- Record
CVE-2016-5669- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Crestron Electronics DM-TXRX-100-STR devices with firmware before 1.3039.00040 use a hardcoded 0xb9eed4d955a59eb3 X.509 certificate from an OpenSSL Test Certification Authority, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks against HTTPS sessions by leveraging the certificate's trust relationship.
- Record
CVE-2016-5669- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6613 No score
Crestron Electronics DM-TXRX-100-STR devices with firmware before 1.3039.00040 use a hardcoded 0xb9eed4d955a59eb3 X.509 certificate from an OpenSSL Test Certification Authority, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks against HTTPS sessions by leveraging the certificate's trust relationship.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6613- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r9w2-6xp3-f893
Crestron Electronics DM-TXRX-100-STR devices with firmware before 1.3039.00040 use a hardcoded...
Crestron Electronics DM-TXRX-100-STR devices with firmware before 1.3039.00040 use a hardcoded 0xb9eed4d955a59eb3 X.509 certificate from an OpenSSL Test Certification Authority, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks against HTTPS sessions by leveraging the certificate's trust relationship.
- Record
GHSA-r9w2-6xp3-f893- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-5669 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Crestron Dm-txrx-100-str Firmware, published August 3, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.62%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.