National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0008
Original release date:01/22/2009
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Unspecified vulnerability in Apple QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component before 7.60.92.0 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted MPEG-2 movie.
Description
per http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2009/Jan/msg00001.html
"This issue does not
affect systems running Mac OS X."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: quicktime-mpeg2playback-code-execution(48162)
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021621
External Source: BID
Name: 33393
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0211
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3404
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33642
Type: Advisory
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5974
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-01-21
Type: Advisory