Apple QuickTime ActiveX plug-inspage buffer overflow
| quicktime-activex-pluginspage-bo (10077) |  High Risk |
Description:
Apple QuickTime is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper parsing of the "pluginspage" field by the QuickTime ActiveX component, which is used for playing streaming or static media embedded in a Web page. By creating a malicious Web page containing an embedded media file with an overly long "pluginspage" field, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system once the page is viewed by a victim with QuickTime installed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by hosting the malicious page on a Web site, a network share, or sending it to a victim as an HTML email.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, QuickTime 5.0.2
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of QuickTime (6 or later), available from the Apple Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- @stake Inc. Security Advisory A091002-1, Apple QuickTime ActiveX v5.0.2 Buffer Overrun at http://www.webproxy.com/research/advisories/2002/a091002-1.txt.
- Apple Computer, Inc. Web site, QuickTime Download at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Sep 25 2002 - 13:49:03 CDT, Fwd: QuickTime for Windows ActiveX security advisory at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0310.html.
- CIAC Information Bulletin M-128, Apple QuickTime ActiveX Buffer Overrun at http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-128.shtml.
- BID-5685: Apple QuickTime ActiveX Component Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-0376: Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 5.0 ActiveX component allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pluginspage field.
Reported:
Sep 10, 2002
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