TITLE:
Apple QuickTime Plug-In Local Resource Linking Weakness
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22048
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22048/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Apple QuickTime 7.x
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DESCRIPTION:
pdp has discovered a weakness in Apple QuickTime, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
Internet web sites are normally not allowed to link to local
resources. It is, however, possible by a malicious web site to open
local content in the browser via the "qtnext" attribute of the
"embed" tag in a Quicktime Media Link file opened by the QuickTime
Plug-In.
NOTE: This does not pose any direct security impact by itself, but
may be exploited in combination with other vulnerabilities.
The weakness has been confirmed in version 7.1.3. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not visit untrusted web sites.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
pdp
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/backdooring-mp3-files/
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