Quicktime < 7.0.1 Quartz Composer Information Disclosure (Mac OS X)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18521

Synopsis

The remote host has an application that is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The remote Mac OS X host is running a version of Quicktime 7 which is older than Quicktime 7.0.1. The remote version of this software is vulnerable to an information disclosure flaw when handling Quartz Composer files which may leak data to an arbitrary web location.

To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to lure a user on the remote host into viewing a specially crafted Quartz Composer object.

Solution

Install Quicktime 7.0.1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18521

File Name: macosx_Quicktime701.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 6/17/2005

Updated: 7/14/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:quicktime

Required KB Items: MacOSX/QuickTime/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1579

BID: 13603

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