CVE-2007-5045
Argument injection vulnerability in Apple QuickTime 7.1.5 and earlier, when running on systems with Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.7 installed, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a QuickTime Media Link (QTL) file with an embed XML…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Apple QuickTime 7.1.5 and earlier, when running on systems with Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.7 installed, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a QuickTime Media Link (QTL) file with an embed XML element and a qtnext parameter containing the Firefox "-chrome" argument. NOTE: this is a related issue to CVE-2006-4965 and the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3670.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.45% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- apple/quicktime · mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26881Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/0day-quicktime-pwns-firefox
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-28.htmlPatch
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479179/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3197
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395942
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5896
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26881Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/0day-quicktime-pwns-firefox
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-28.htmlPatch
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479179/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3197
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395942
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5896
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.