CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.5%
VLC Media Player is prone to denial of service (DoS) and remote
code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.804127");
script_version("2024-06-28T15:38:46+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-6283");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-06-28 15:38:46 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jun 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-11-05 02:32:13 +0530 (Tue, 05 Nov 2013)");
script_name("VLC Media Player M3U DoS Vulnerability - Linux");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to cause denial of service
and possibly execute arbitrary remote code.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC media player version 2.0.8 and prior on Linux");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to improper handling of a specially crafted M3U file.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to VLC media player version 2.1.0 or later.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC Media Player is prone to denial of service (DoS) and remote
code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://en.securitylab.ru/nvd/447008.php");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61844");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27700");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VLCPlayer/Lin/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
vlcVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE);
if(!vlcVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_less_equal(version:vlcVer, test_version:"2.0.8"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vlcVer, vulnerable_range:"Less than or equal to 2.0.8");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}