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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2010-3124 EUVD-2010-3124GHSA-4xrq-5f3r-xxq5

Untrusted search path vulnerability in bin/winvlc.c in VLC Media Player 1.1.3 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers…

Published Aug 26, 2010 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in bin/winvlc.c in VLC Media Player 1.1.3 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll that is located in the same folder as a .mp3 file.

Public exploits

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