Description
A certain ActiveX control in axvlc.dll in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6 before 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the (1) addTarget, (2) getVariable, or (3) setVariable function, resulting from a "bad initialized pointer," aka a "recursive plugin release vulnerability."
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.86 < 0.86d - ActiveX Remote Bad Pointer Initialization EDB-4688 · dos · Dec 4, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- vlcmediaplayer-activex-memory-overwrite(38816) vdb-entry
- http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html
- ADV-2007-4061 vdb-entry
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2035
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14280 vdb-entry signature
- 27878 third-party-advisory
- 20071204 CORE-2007-1004: VLC Activex Bad Pointer Initialization Vulnerability mailing-list
- 26675 vdb-entry
- 3420 third-party-advisory