CVE-2008-1585

CVE-2008-1585 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Apple QuickTime before 7.5 uses the url.dll!FileProtocolHandler handler for unrecognized URIs in qt:next attributes within SMIL text in video files, which sends these URIs to explorer.exe and thereby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs, as originally demonstrated by crafted file: URLs.

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