A vulnerability was found in LG Mobile Devices 7.2/8.0/8.1/9/10 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Window System Service. The manipulation as part of a Crafted Application leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 9, and 10 software. A crafted application can obtain control of device input via the window system service. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-170011 (May 2020).

The weakness was presented 05/11/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lgsecurity.lge.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-12754 since 05/08/2020. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/12/2020). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See 154030, 154031, 154032 and 154033 for similar entries.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• LG

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• 7.2
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