CVE-2024-2862
Published: 25 March 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-2862 is a critical-severity Improper Authentication (CWE-287) vulnerability in Lg Lg Led Assistant. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 1.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-2862 is an improper authentication vulnerability (CWE-287, CWE-640) affecting LG LED Assistant. It enables remote attackers to reset passwords belonging to anonymous users without any authorization or user interaction.
Unauthenticated attackers reachable over the network can exploit the flaw to perform password resets, resulting in high impact to confidentiality and availability according to the CVSS 9.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H).
LG has published remediation guidance and updates through its official security bulletin at lgsecurity.lge.com. The associated EPSS score reached a peak of 0.8327 before receding to the current value of 0.7456, indicating transient post-disclosure interest that has since declined.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-27806
Vulnerability details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to reset the password of anonymous users without authorization on the affected LG LED Assistant.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Detects unauthorized successful logons resulting from improper authentication implementations.
Documented procedures ensure personnel are trained on authentication mechanisms, tangibly lowering the risk of improper authentication being exploited.
Security awareness training instructs users on secure authentication practices and avoiding credential compromise.
Training on authentication mechanisms and best practices decreases the occurrence of improper authentication.
Non-repudiation requires strong authentication mechanisms to irrefutably attribute performed actions to specific individuals or processes.
Session content review can reveal authentication bypasses or failures in session establishment.
Review of authentication-related audit records can detect improper authentication mechanisms or bypasses.
Assessments check authentication mechanisms for correct implementation and effectiveness, reducing successful authentication bypass attempts.