Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2007-6683 First vendor Publication 2008-01-16
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-09-29

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The browser plugin in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the :demuxdump-file option in a filename in a playlist, or (2) a EXTVLCOPT statement in an MP3 file, possibly an argument injection vulnerability.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6683

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14619
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14619
Title: The browser plugin in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files
Description: The browser plugin in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the :demuxdump-file option in a filename in a playlist, or (2) a EXTVLCOPT statement in an MP3 file, possibly an argument injection vulnerability.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-6683
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
 Product(s): VLC Media Player
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200803-13 (vlc)
File : nvt/glsa_200803_13.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-25 (vlc)
File : nvt/glsa_200804_25.nasl
2008-04-21 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1543-1 (vlc)
File : nvt/deb_1543_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
42206 VLC Media Player Browser Plug-in MP3 File EXTVLCOPT Statement Arbitrary File ...
42205 VLC Media Player Browser Plug-in Playlist Filename :demuxdump-file Option Arb...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-04-17 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1543.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-13 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200803-13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28712
CONFIRM https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/23197
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1371
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
GENTOO http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
MLIST http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-December/037726.html
OSVDB http://osvdb.org/42205
http://osvdb.org/42206
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
http://secunia.com/advisories/29766

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