CVE-2016-5666
Crestron Electronics DM-TXRX-100-STR devices with firmware before 1.3039.00040 rely on the client...
Crestron Electronics DM-TXRX-100-STR devices with firmware before 1.3039.00040 rely on the client to perform authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain access by setting the value of objresp.authenabled to 1.
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 rely on the client to perform authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain access by setting the value of objresp.authenabled to 1.
- Record
CVE-2016-5666- 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 rely on the client to perform authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain access by setting the value of objresp.authenabled to 1.
- Record
CVE-2016-5666- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6610 No score
Crestron Electronics DM-TXRX-100-STR devices with firmware before 1.3039.00040 rely on the client to perform authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain access by setting the value of objresp.authenabled to 1.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6610- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p5rj-hmpq-gmgh
Crestron Electronics DM-TXRX-100-STR devices with firmware before 1.3039.00040 rely on the client...
Crestron Electronics DM-TXRX-100-STR devices with firmware before 1.3039.00040 rely on the client to perform authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain access by setting the value of objresp.authenabled to 1.
- Record
GHSA-p5rj-hmpq-gmgh- 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-2016-5666 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 4.20%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.