Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-3779 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Apple Quicktime 7.0.0

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
apple
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

QuickTime 7 in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3765, CVE-2015-3788, CVE-2015-3789, CVE-2015-3790, CVE-2015-3791, CVE-2015-3792, CVE-2015-5751, CVE-2015-5753, and CVE-2015-5779.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Apple
1
OS
Apple
1

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_10_10_5.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.10.x that is prior to 10.10.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - apache - apache_mod_php - Apple ID OD Plug-in - AppleGraphicsControl - Bluetooth - bootp - CloudKit - CoreMedia Playback - CoreText - curl - Data Detectors Engine - Date & Time pref pane - Dictionary Application - DiskImages - dyld - FontParser - groff - ImageIO - Install Framework Legacy - IOFireWireFamily - IOGraphics - IOHIDFamily - Kernel - Libc - Libinfo - libpthread - libxml2 - libxpc - mail_cmds - Notification Center OSX - ntfs - OpenSSH - OpenSSL - perl - PostgreSQL - python - QL Office - Quartz Composer Framework - Quick Look - QuickTime 7 - SceneKit - Security - SMBClient - Speech UI - sudo - tcpdump - Text Formats - udf Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id85408
    published2015-08-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/85408
    titleMac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SECUPD2015-006.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.8.5 or 10.9.5 that is missing Security Update 2015-006. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - apache - apache_mod_php - CoreText - FontParser - Libinfo - libxml2 - OpenSSL - perl - PostgreSQL - QL Office - Quartz Composer Framework - QuickTime 7 - SceneKit Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id85409
    published2015-08-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/85409
    titleMac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2015-006)