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.
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EUVD-2023-50980 | 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. |
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Solution
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References
| Link | Providers |
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| https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3019.html |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-29T19:59:01.503Z
Reserved: 2023-10-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2023-46814
Updated: 2024-08-02T20:53:21.940Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2023-11-22T05:15:07.837
Modified: 2024-11-21T08:29:21.657
Link: CVE-2023-46814
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