CVE-2005-1579 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0281.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Quicktime Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1582	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0265.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301714
http://lists.apple.com/archives/quartzcomposer-dev/2005/May/msg00250.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/quartzcomposer-dev/2005/May/msg00263.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00006.html
http://remahl.se/david/vuln/018
http://secunia.com/advisories/15307
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013961
http://www.osvdb.org/16376
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13603
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0531

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-14T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:51:50.615Z

Reserved: 2005-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1579

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-05-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-1579

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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