CVE-2008-2147 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting VideoLAN VLC versions prior to 0.9.0. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious library in the modules/ or plugins/ subdirectories of the current working directory. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.1aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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