Argument injection vulnerability in Apple QuickTime 7.1.5 and earlier, when running on systems with Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.7 installed, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a QuickTime Media Link (QTL) file with an embed XML element and a qtnext parameter containing the Firefox "-chrome" argument
Published Sep 24, 2007
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.45%
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Apple QuickTime 7.1.5 and earlier, when running on systems with Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.7 installed, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a QuickTime Media Link (QTL) file with an embed XML element and a qtnext parameter containing the Firefox "-chrome" argument. NOTE: this is a related issue to CVE-2006-4965 and the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3670.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of Firefox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.45% (0.03451) | 88.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.45% (0.03451) | 87.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.80% (0.01798) | 81.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.63% (0.04632) | 81.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.69% (0.01693) | 81.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.66% (0.00655) | 80.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.97% (0.00967) | 83.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 13, 2024 | 2.39% (0.02391) | 89.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 26, 2024 | 1.93% (0.01929) | 88.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 1.49% (0.01495) | 85.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.38% (0.01383) | 84.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26881 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/0day-quicktime-pwns-firefox x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-28.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479179/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3197 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5045 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395942 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5045
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5896 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5045
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