Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-5045
CVE-2007-5045
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.1.5
- (no CPE)range: <=7.1.5
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.0.0.6
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.0.7
Patches
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References
10- secunia.com/advisories/26881nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-28.htmlnvdPatch
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jspnvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- www.gnucitizen.org/blog/0day-quicktime-pwns-firefoxnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479179/100/0/threadednvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3197nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5896nvd
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