CVE-2005-1579

Description

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.81% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory remahl.se Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory securitytracker.com Vendor Advisory osvdb.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301714
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0531	vdb entry
http://remahl.se/david/vuln/018	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13603	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0265.html	mailing list vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/15307	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00006.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/quartzcomposer-dev/2005/May/msg00250.html	mailing list vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013961	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/16376	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/quartzcomposer-dev/2005/May/msg00263.html	mailing list vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1579?: CVE-2005-1579 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1579?: To fix CVE-2005-1579, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-1579 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-1579 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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