CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-1585

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2008-06-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-06-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

Apple QuickTime before 7.5 uses the url.dll!FileProtocolHandler handler for unrecognized URIs in qt:next attributes within SMIL text in video files, which sends these URIs to explorer.exe and thereby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs, as originally demonstrated by crafted file: URLs.

Affected configurations

• apple quicktime (<= 7.4.5)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References