VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- videolan/vlc
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c7cef4fdd8dd72ce0a45be3cda8ba98df5e83181
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31317
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml
- http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1578
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42377
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c7cef4fdd8dd72ce0a45be3cda8ba98df5e83181
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31317
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml
- http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1578
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42377
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.