The browser plugin in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the :demuxdump-file option in a filename in a playlist, or (2) a EXTVLCOPT statement in an MP3 file, possibly an argument injection vulnerability.
mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-December/037726.html
osvdb.org/42205
osvdb.org/42206
secunia.com/advisories/29284
secunia.com/advisories/29766
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
www.securityfocus.com/bid/28712
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14619
trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/23197
trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1371