Apple QuickTime 7.0 MOV Movie information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple QuickTime 7.0. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component MOV Movie Handler. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2005-1579. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to use an alternative to replace the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple QuickTime 7.0 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected is some unknown processing of the component MOV Movie Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Apple QuickTime Player 7.0 on Mac OS X 10.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a .mov file with a Quartz Composer composition (.qtz) file that uses certain patches to read local information, then other patches to send the information to the attacker.

The bug was discovered 05/06/2005. The weakness was released 05/12/2005 by David Remahl (Website). The advisory is shared for download at remahl.se. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-1579 since 05/14/2005. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at remahl.se. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18521 (Quicktime < 7.0.1 Quartz Composer Information Disclosure (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be establishing an alternative product. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20578), Tenable (18521), SecurityFocus (BID 13603†), OSVDB (16376†) and Secunia (SA15307†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 18521
Nessus Name: Quicktime < 7.0.1 Quartz Composer Information Disclosure (Mac OS X)
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Patch: apple.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: remahl.se
Researcher: David Remahl
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-1579 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1579
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1476
X-Force: 20578
SecurityFocus: 13603 - Apple QuickTime Quartz Composer File Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 15307 - Apple QuickTime Quartz Composer Disclosure of System Information, Not Critical
OSVDB: 16376 - Apple QuickTime Quartz Composer Information Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1013961
Vulnerability Center: 8395 - Apple QuickTime Player 7 on Mac OS X 10.4 Enables Information Disclosure via .qtz Files, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-0531

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 05/30/2005 13:21
Updated: 07/03/2019 06:35
Changes: 05/30/2005 13:21 (89), 07/03/2019 06:35 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:FF7:103

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