CVE-2006-4965

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-09-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Apple QuickTime 7.1.3 Player and Plug-In allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code and possibly conduct other attacks via a QuickTime Media Link (QTL) file with an embed XML element and a qtnext parameter that identifies resources outside of the original domain. NOTE: as of 20070912, this issue has been demonstrated by using instances of Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile and Components.interfaces.nsIProcess to execute arbitrary local files within Firefox and possibly Internet Explorer.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: 7.1.3

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305149
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22048
http://secunia.com/advisories/27414
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1631
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/0day-quicktime-pwns-firefox
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/backdooring-mp3-files/
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/myspace-quicktime-worm-follow-up
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/751808
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446750/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453756/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479179/100/0/threaded

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