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A vulnerability has been found in Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime Player 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0.2.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a MOV file with "long arguments," related to an "off by one overflow."
The bug was discovered 11/30/2008. The weakness was presented 12/10/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5406 since 12/08/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/28/2019).
A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116068 (Apple iTunes/QuickTime Malformed '.mov' File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9435.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46984) and Exploit-DB (7296).
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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OpenVAS ID: 800318
OpenVAS Name: Apple iTunes Malformed .mov File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-5406 (🔍)
X-Force: 46984
Vulnerability Center: 21023 - Apple QuickTime Player 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0.2.20 Remote DoS and Code Execution via a MOV File, High
SecurityFocus: 32540 - Apple iTunes/QuickTime Malformed '.mov' File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 56781 - Apple - iTunes.QuickTime - Malformed '.mov' File Buffer Overflow Issue
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/28/2019 09:28
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (69), 08/28/2019 09:28 (5)
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