CVE-2008-2147

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2147
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-12 20:20:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc 0.4.6 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.5.0 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.5.1 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.5.1a All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.5.2 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.5.3 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.6.0 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.6.1 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.6.2 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.7.0 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.7.1 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.7.2 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.0 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.1 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.2 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.4 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.4a All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.5 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.6a All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.6b All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.6c All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.6d All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.6e All All All
Application Videolan Vlc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#1578 (VLC executes arbitrary plugins) - VLC - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.videolan.org
Gentoo update for vlc - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
git.videolan.org Git af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.videolan.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
git.videolan.org Git - vlc.git/commit MITRE git.videolan.org
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