9.3 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.965 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.6%
VLC Media Player is prone to Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800663");
script_version("2024-02-08T14:36:53+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-08 14:36:53 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-07-18 09:37:41 +0200 (Sat, 18 Jul 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2484");
script_name("VLC Media Player SMB 'Win32AddConnection()' BOF Vulnerability (Jul 2009) - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VLCPlayer/Win/Installed");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/9029");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35500");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1714");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=e60a9038b13b5eb805a76755efc5c6d5e080180f");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, and can
cause application crash.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC Media Player version 0.9.9 and prior on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Stack-based Buffer overflow error in the 'Win32AddConnection' function in
modules/access/smb.c while processing a specially crafted long 'smb://' URI within a playlist.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC Media Player is prone to Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the available patch from the references or update to a later version.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE )) exit(0);
vers = infos['version'];
path = infos['location'];
if( version_is_less_equal( version:vers, test_version:"0.9.9" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"See references", install_path:path );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );