CVE-2007-6683

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6683
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-01-17 01:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.6d All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.6d All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[vlc-devel] Regarding "obscure" security problem MLIST mailman.videolan.org Exploit
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1543-1 vlc DEBIAN www.debian.org
VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO www.gentoo.org
42206 OSVDB osvdb.org
Gentoo update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
42205 OSVDB osvdb.org
Error: Not Found – VLC CONFIRM trac.videolan.org
#1371 (Security issue: browser plugins input) - VLC - Trac CONFIRM trac.videolan.org
VLC Media Player Browser Plugin Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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