HTTP: Apple Quicktime QTPlugin.ocx ActiveX Control
This signature detects attempts to use unsafe ActiveX controls in Apple QuickTime. An attacker can create a malicious Web site containing Web pages with dangerous ActiveX controls, which if accessed by a victim, allows the attacker to gain control of the victim's client browser.
Extended Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the plugin in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.2 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted QTMovie object.
Short Name
HTTP:STC:ACTIVEX:QTPLUGINX
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
HTTP
Keywords
ActiveX Apple CVE-2008-0778 CVE-2010-1818 CVE-2012-0666 CVE-2012-3754 Control QTPlugin.ocx Quicktime bid:27769 bid:42841 bid:53577
Release Date
01/14/2013
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3761
False Positive
Occasionally
CVSS Score
9.3
7.5