First published: Fri Jan 28 2022(Updated: )
There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in some webOS TVs. Due to wrong setting environments, local attacker is able to perform specific operation to exploit this vulnerability. Exploitation may cause the attacker to obtain a higher privilege
Credit: product.security@lge.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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LG WebOS | >=3.0<=5.0 |
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The vulnerability ID for this webOS TVs privilege escalation vulnerability is CVE-2022-23727.
The severity of CVE-2022-23727 is high with a severity value of 7.8.
The affected software for CVE-2022-23727 is LG webOS versions 3.0 to 5.0.
A local attacker can exploit CVE-2022-23727 by performing specific operations to escalate privileges.
Yes, LG has released a fix for CVE-2022-23727. It is recommended to update the webOS TV software to the latest version.