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>> Apple QuickTime Quartz Composer Information Disclosure Issue

Title : Apple QuickTime Quartz Composer Information Disclosure Issue
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-0531
CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-05-12


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A new vulnerability was identified in Apple QuickTime, which may be exploited by attackers to disclose sensitive information. This flaw is due to a permission error in Quartz Composer compositions when embedded in ".mov" files, which may be exploited by a malicious website to discover the existence of local files on a vulnerable system or gain knowledge of sensitive information (local username, computer name...).

Affected Products

Apple QuickTime version 7.0

Solution

Upgrade to QuickTime 7.0.1 :
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/mac.html

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0531
http://remahl.se/david/vuln/018/
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301714

Credits

Vulnerability reported by David Remahl

ChangeLog

2005-05-12 : Initial release
2005-06-01 : Updated Solution

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