SB2019021901 - Privilege escalation in LG Device Manager
Published: February 19, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019021901
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8372)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to existence of IOCTL dispatch functions. A local attacker can read and write to arbitrary physical memory and leverage those functions to elevate privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.