RCE in Apple Quicktime
CVE-2006-4965
Apple QuickTime 7.1.3 Player and Plug-In allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code and possibly conduct other attacks via a QuickTime Media Link (QTL) file with an embed XML element and a qtnext parameter that identifies resources outside of the original domain. NOTE: as of 20070912, this issue has been demonstrated by using instances of Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile and Components.interfaces.nsIProcess to execute arbitrary local files within Firefox and possibly Internet Explorer.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.131 (96.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.131 · newest: 0.131 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Quicktime — versions 7.1.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1631 (third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/751808 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27414 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479179/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.gnucitizen.org/blog/backdooring-mp3-files/ (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453756/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3155 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20138 (Exploit, vdb-entry)