#VU17757 Privilege escalation in LG Device Manager - CVE-2019-8372 

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#VU17757 Privilege escalation in LG Device Manager - CVE-2019-8372

Published: February 19, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17757
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
LG Device Manager
Software vendor:
LG Electronics

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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