High severity · published Nov 22, 2023
CVE-2023-46814
A binary hijacking vulnerability exists within the VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.19 on Windows
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VM
Vlc Media Player · Videolan
before 3.0.19 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46814
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46814
Vendor Advisory
https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3019.html
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