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CVE-2023-46814

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.

  • Published: Nov 22, 2023
  • Updated: Nov 30, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2023-46814
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
videolan / vlc_media_player - 3.0.19