The remote version of the QuickTime player is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.
To exploit it, an attacker would need a user of this host to visit a rogue webpage with a malformed link in it. He could then be able to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user visiting the page.
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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include("compat.inc");
if(description)
{
script_id(11506);
script_version("1.17");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0168");
script_bugtraq_id(7247);
script_name(english: "QuickTime < 6.1 URL Handling Overflow (Windows)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"Arbitrary code may be run on the remote host." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote version of the QuickTime player is vulnerable to
a buffer overflow.
To exploit it, an attacker would need a user of this host to
visit a rogue webpage with a malformed link in it. He could
then be able to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user
visiting the page." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to QuickTime Player version 6.1 or later." );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2003/04/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2003/03/31");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/25 18:58:06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:apple:quicktime");
script_end_attributes();
script_summary(english: "Checks the version of QuickTime Player");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english: "Windows");
script_dependencies("quicktime_installed.nasl");
script_require_keys("SMB/QuickTime/Version");
exit(0);
}
ver = get_kb_item("SMB/QuickTime/Version");
if (ver && ver =~ "^([0-5]\.|6\.0\.)") security_hole(get_kb_item("SMB/transport"));