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CVE-2005-1579
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.0%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301714 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0531 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://remahl.se/david/vuln/018 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 13603 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20050511 [DR018] Quartz Composer / QuickTime 7 information leakage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 15307 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-05-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- [quartzcomposer-dev] 20050510 Quartz Quicktime embedded in remote webpages... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1013961 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 16376 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- [quartzcomposer-dev] 20050511 Re: Quartz Quicktime embedded in remote webpages... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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