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CVE-2008-2147

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
12/05/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.8.6 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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