PT-2023-27483 · Lg · Lg Simple Editor

Rgod · Published 2023-08-24 · Updated 2025-04-10 · CVE-2023-40505

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LG Simple Editor (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of LG Simple Editor. Authentication is not required to exploit this issue. The specific flaw exists within the createThumbnailByMovie method, resulting from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute code in the context of SYSTEM.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

RCE

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-40505

ZDI-23-1209

Affected Products

Lg Simple Editor

References · 6

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1209 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40505 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40505 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/TheZDIBugs/status/1694824997158564292 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1787139443427508488 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/118636 · Telegram Post