PT-2008-3142

CVE-2008-1585

Published

2008-06-10

Updated

2018-10-11

Description by

CVSS 2.0

6.8

Medium

MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple QuickTime versions prior to 7.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs by using the url.dll!FileProtocolHandler handler for unrecognized URIs in qt:next attributes within SMIL text in video files. This handler sends these URIs to explorer.exe, enabling the execution of malicious programs.

Recommendations For Apple QuickTime versions prior to 7.5, update to version 7.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploitability

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Pdp

Petko D. Petkov

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

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