Privilege escalation in LG Device Manager - CVE-2019-8372
Published: February 19, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17757
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8372
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LG Electronics
Affected software:
LG Device Manager
LG Device Manager
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-8372
Install updates from vendor's website.