Vulnerability in Videolan Vlc
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (33.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 33.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Videolan Vlc — versions 0.4.6, 0.5.0, 0.5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/31317 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42377 (vdb-entry)
- git.videolan.org/
- trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1578
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml (vendor-advisory)