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CVE-2008-2147

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VideoLAN VLC before 0.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library under the modules/ or plugins/ subdirectories of the current working directory.

Published

2008-05-12T20:20:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application videolan vlc ≤ 0.8.6 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.4.6 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.5.0 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.5.1 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.5.1a Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.5.2 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.5.3 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.6.0 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.6.1 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.6.2 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.7.0 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.7.1 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.7.2 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.8.0 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.8.1 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.8.2 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.8.4 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.8.4a Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.8.5 Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.8.6a Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.8.6b Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.8.6c Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.8.6d Yes
Application videolan vlc 0.8.6e Yes
References