CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-2147

MEDIUM
4.6
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
vlcDebian
Fixed in:0.8.6.e-2.2CVE-2008-2147
Fixed in:0.8.6.e-2.2CVE-2008-2147
Fixed in:0.8.6.e-2.2CVE-2008-2147
Fixed in:0.8.6.e-2.2CVE-2008-2147

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.42%probability of exploitation in 30 days
33rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 33% of all known CVEs.

References

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