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CVE-2020-9759
webOS TV Emulator privilege escalation vulnerability
Medium4.6EPSS 0.47%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| mitreCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- https://blog.recurity-labs.com/2021-02-03/webOS_Pt1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210930 [SECURITY] [DLA 2770-1] weechat security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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