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CVE-2007-5045 Detail

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.


Metrics

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/04/2007)

Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of Firefox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
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.html Patch 
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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5045
NVD Published Date:
09/23/2007
NVD Last Modified:
10/15/2018
Source:
MITRE