Check Point Advisories

Apple QuickTime SMIL qtnext Redirect File Execution (CVE-2008-1585)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-304
Date Published: 17 Mar 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 23 December, 2018
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-1585
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description QuickTime is a media player application developed by Apple. It is capable of playing back numerous multimedia file formats from local file system or network servers. One of the media formats supported by Apple QuickTime is SMIL. There exists a file execution vulnerability in Apple QuickTime application. The vulnerability is due to improper checking of qtnext attribute in SMIL files. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to open a malicious SMIL file, causing abnormal termination of the application or potentially allowing arbitrary code to be injected and executed in the security context of the current user. In an attack case where code injection is successful, the behavior of the target is entirely dependent on the intended function of the injected code. The code in such a case would execute within the security context of the current user. In an attack case where code injection is not successful, the affected Apple QuickTime process will terminate abnormally.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple QuickTime SMIL qtnext Redirect File Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Apple QuickTime Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Apple QuickTime SMIL qtnext Redirect File Execution

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