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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3019.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0028
EPSS Percentile
19.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-427
Status
published
Products (1)
videolan/vlc_media_player
< 3.0.19
Published
Nov 22, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026