CVE-2008-2147

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de búsqueda en ruta no confiable en VideoLAN VLC anterior a 0.9.0 permite a usuarios locales ejecutar código de su elección a través de una librería bajo los subdirectorios modules/ o plugins/ del directorio actual.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-05-12 CVE Reserved
2008-05-12 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c7cef4fdd8dd72ce0a45be3cda8ba98df5e83181	X_refsource_confirm
http://secunia.com/advisories/31317	Third Party Advisory
http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1578	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42377	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				<= 0.8.6 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version " <= 0.8.6"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.4.6 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.4.6"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.5.0 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.5.0"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.5.1 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.5.1"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.5.1a Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.5.1a"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.5.2 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.5.2"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.5.3 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.5.3"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.6.0 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.6.0"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.6.1 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.6.1"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.6.2 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.6.2"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.7.0 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.7.0"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.7.1 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.7.1"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.7.2 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.7.2"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.8.0 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.8.0"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.8.1 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.8.1"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.8.2 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.8.2"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.8.4 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.8.4"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.8.4a Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.8.4a"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.8.5 Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.8.5"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.8.6a Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.8.6a"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.8.6b Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.8.6b"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.8.6c Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.8.6c"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.8.6d Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.8.6d"		-		Affected
Videolan Search vendor "Videolan"		Vlc Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc"				0.8.6e Search vendor "Videolan" for product "Vlc" and version "0.8.6e"		-		Affected