Vulnerability in Videolan Vlc
CVE-2007-6683
The browser plugin in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the :demuxdump-file option in a filename in a playlist, or (2) a EXTVLCOPT statement in an MP3 file, possibly an argument injection vulnerability.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (85.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Videolan Vlc — versions 0.8.6d
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28712 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29284 (third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/42205 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543 (vendor-advisory)
- osvdb.org/42206 (vdb-entry)
- mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-December/037726.html (mailing-list, Exploit)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14619 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29766 (third-party-advisory)
- trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1371
- trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/23197