CVE-2023-46814 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element in VLC Media Player

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Videolan VLC Media Player
Timeline
PublishedNov 22

Description

A binary hijacking vulnerability exists within the VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.19 on Windows. The uninstaller attempts to execute code with elevated privileges out of a standard user writable location. Standard users may use this to gain arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-4427-h6h2-wh2w: A binary hijacking vulnerability exists within the VideoLAN VLC media player before 3↗2023-11-22
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CVEList
CVE-2023-46814: A binary hijacking vulnerability exists within the VideoLAN VLC media player before 3↗2023-11-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2023-46814: vlc - A binary hijacking vulnerability exists within the VideoLAN VLC media player bef...↗2023
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