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CVE-2007-5045
Argument injection vulnerability in Apple QuickTime 7.1.5 and earlier, when running on systems with Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.7…
High9.3EPSS 3.5%
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- mitre
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Apple QuickTime 7.1.5 and earlier, when running on systems with Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.7 installed, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a QuickTime Media Link (QTL) file with an embed XML element and a qtnext parameter containing the Firefox "-chrome" argument. NOTE: this is a related issue to CVE-2006-4965 and the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3670.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (10)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-28.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395942 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20070912 0DAY: QuickTime pwns Firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- HPSBUX02153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5896 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3197 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 26881 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/0day-quicktime-pwns-firefox (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 201516 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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