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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD 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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Workaround

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History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-29T19:59:01.503Z

Reserved: 2023-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-46814

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:53:21.940Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-22T05:15:07.837

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:29:21.657

Link: CVE-2023-46814

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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