Check Point Advisories

Apple QuickTime and iTunes Movie File Heap Memory Corruption (CVE-2005-4092)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2005-353
Date Published:	23 Nov 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 02 October, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2005-4092
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Apple QuickTime is a multimedia player that supports a wide range of media formats. The QuickTime product is also installed as a component with the Apple iTunes product. The software supports parsing and displaying picture files as well as numerous video formats. QuickTime is capable of processing the Apple QuickTime movie file format, which is a proprietary format created by Apple Computer, Inc. The format is open to developers and as a result is well documented. A heap memory corruption vulnerability exists in Apple QuickTime and iTunes. The flaw may be exploited by delivering a crafted Apple QuickTime movie file to a target user and enticing the user to open it using the vulnerable product. The exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code on the target host within the security context of the current user. Exploitation of this vulnerability will generally result in the unexpected termination of the affected program. In the case of a successful code injection attack, arbitrary code supplied by the attacker is executed on the vulnerable target host. The behaviour of the target system is then dependent on the intention of the malicious code. The vulnerable application may also terminate or stop functioning as a result of the attack attempt. Note that any code executed by the attacker runs with the privileges of the logged in user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple QuickTime and iTunes Movie File Heap Memory Corruption protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Apple QuickTime Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Apple QuickTime and iTunes movie file heap memory corruption