CVE-2020-9759

MEDIUM

LG webOS - Privilege Escalation and Arbitrary File Write via Environment Variable Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A Vulnerability of LG Electronic web OS TV Emulator could allow an attacker to escalate privileges and overwrite certain files. This vulnerability is due to wrong environment setting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability through crafted configuration files and executable files.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://blog.recurity-labs.com/2021-02-03/webOS_Pt1.html
Mailing List, Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.html

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6
EPSS 0.0049
EPSS Percentile 37.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-494
Status published
Products (1)
lg/webos
Published Mar 23, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026