CVE-2007-2175 Information

Description

Apple QuickTime Java extensions (QTJava.dll) as used in Safari and other browsers and when Java is enabled allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via parameters to the toQTPointer method in quicktime.util.QTHandleRef which can be used to modify arbitrary memory when creating QTPointerRef objects as demonstrated during the \PWN 2 0WN\ contest at CanSecWest 2007.

Reference

http://cansecwest.com/post/2007-04-20-14:54:00.First_Mac_Hacked_Cancel_Or_Allow http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305446 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00001.html http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/420668 http://www.matasano.com/log/806/hot-off-the-matasano-sms-queue-cansec-macbook-challenge-won/ http://www.matasano.com/log/812/breaking-macbook-vuln-in-quicktime-affects-win32-apple-code/ http://www.osvdb.org/34178 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467319/100/0/threaded http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017950 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/20/pwn-2-own_winner/ http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-023.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33827