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CVE-2023-40504 Public exploit Critical · 9.8 EPSS 88.7%

LG Simple Editor readVideoInfo Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

LG · Simple Editor

Summary

A command injection flaw in the readVideoInfo method of LG Simple Editor, caused by a user-supplied string being passed to a system call without proper validation. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit it over the network, with no user interaction required, to execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.

Official description · CVE.org

LG Simple Editor readVideoInfo Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of LG Simple Editor. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the readVideoInfo method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. . Was ZDI-CAN-19953.

Breakdown
31.8 / 100
Exploited
Not confirmed
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

Public exploit code (Metasploit) was available 9 months before disclosure.

  1. Public exploit codeMetasploit9 mo before
  2. Disclosedday 0

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

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