CVE-2007-5045

N/A Unknown
Published: September 24, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/26881
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/0day-quicktime-pwns-firefox
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-28.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479179/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3197
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395942
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5896
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/26881
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/0day-quicktime-pwns-firefox
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-28.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479179/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3197
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395942
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5896
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.5%
88th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

Affected Vendors

apple mozilla

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