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Article: MULTIPLE VULNERABILITIES IN APPLE QUICKTIME MAY ALLOW FOR REMOTE CODE EXECUTION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 22, 2009
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The New York State Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination issued the following news release:
CSCIC ADVISORY NUMBER: 2009-003
DATE(S) ISSUED: 1/22/2009
SUBJECT:
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apple QuickTime Could Allow for Remote Code Execution
OVERVIEW:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apple QuickTime. Apple QuickTime is used to play media files on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. These vulnerabilities can be exploited if a user visits a malicious webpage or opens a malicious e-mail attachment using a vulnerable version of QuickTime. Successful exploitation will result in an attacker gaining the same privileges as the logged on user. ...