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CVE-2020-9759: webOS TV Emulator privilege escalation vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-494

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.

Affected products

• LG webOS: all versions

References

• https://blog.recurity-labs.com/2021-02-03/webOS_Pt1.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.html
• https://blog.recurity-labs.com/2021-02-03/webOS_Pt1.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.html

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