A vulnerability has been identified in Apple QuickTime, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a design error when processing the "qtnext" parameter within QuickTime link (.qtl) files, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page or opening a malicious file.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by pdp.
ChangeLog
2007-09-14 : Initial release
2007-10-03 : Updated Solution
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