CVE-2008-1585
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD
Apple QuickTime before 7.5 uses the url.dll!FileProtocolHandler handler for unrecognized URIs in qt:next attributes within SMIL text in video files, which sends these URIs to explorer.exe and thereby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs, as originally demonstrated by crafted file: URLs.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 4.1% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1586)
- Published
- June 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1586 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / quicktime
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Jun/msg00000.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29293
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31034
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1991
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/132419(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493248/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29619
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29650
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020217
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162C.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1776/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2064/references
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-038/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42948
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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