"Over 90,000 LG Smart TVs May Be Exposed to Remote Attacks"

Bitdefender has discovered four vulnerabilities affecting multiple versions of WebOS, the operating system used in LG smart TVs. The flaws enable unauthorized access and control over the impacted models. They allow authorization bypasses, privilege escalation, and command injection. Possible attacks are based on the ability to create arbitrary accounts on the device using a service that runs on ports 3000/3001. Accordinng to researchers at Bitdefender, while the vulnerable LG WebOS service is only supposed to be used in Local Area Network (LAN) settings, Shodan Internet scans reveal 91,000 exposed devices that could be vulnerable to the flaws. This article continues to discuss findings regarding the vulnerabilities impacting LG Smart TVs.

Bleeping Computer reports "Over 90,000 Lg Smart TVs May Be Exposed to Remote Attacks"

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