CVE-2008-2147

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    CVE-2008-2147

    Published: 12 May 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/31317, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml, http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c7cef4fdd8dd72ce0a45be3cda8ba98df5e83181, http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1578, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42377

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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