Check Point Advisories

Apple QuickTime FLIC Animation File Buffer Overflow (CVE-2006-4384)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2006-294
Date Published:	9 Aug 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 17 September, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-4384
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 software supports parsing and displaying picture files as well as numerous audio and video formats. One of the supported video formats is the Autodesk Animator and/or Autodesk Animator Pro format, known as FLIC. A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Apple Quicktime product. The flaw is caused by an insufficient checks when processing FLIC animation files. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a crafted FLIC animation file, thereby injecting and executing arbitrary code with the privileges of the currently logged-in user. In case of an attack where code injection is not successful, the vulnerable Quicktime application processing the malicious FLIC animation file will terminate abnormally. In case of an attack where code injection and execution is successful, the behavior of the target is entirely dependent on the intended function of the injected code. The code in such a case would execute within the security context of the current 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 FLIC Animation File Buffer Overflow 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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Apple QuickTime FLIC animation file buffer overflow