Advisory Details

July 1st, 2015

Apple QuickTime Plugin Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-3665
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	QuickTime
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['16930']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple QuickTime. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the properties for the QuickTime browser plugin. By manipulating a QuickTime object's properties an attacker can force a dangling pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-10-22 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-07-01 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	WanderingGlitch of HP's Zero Day Initiative

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