FKIE_CVE-2023-46814

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-11-22 05:15 - Updated: 2024-11-21 08:29
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3019.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3019.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
videolan vlc_media_player *
microsoft windows -
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