CVE-2007-0059
Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in Apple Quicktime 3 to 7.1.3 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code and list…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 5.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in Apple Quicktime 3 to 7.1.3 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code and list filesystem contents via a QuickTime movie (.MOV) with an HREF Track (HREFTrack) that contains an automatic action tag with a local URI, which is executed in a local zone during preview, as exploited by a MySpace worm.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apple QuickTime 7.1.3 - 'HREFTrack' Cross-Zone Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3077remote, osxpublished 3 Jan 2007Verified
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- 18 years later
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Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.7% · top 6.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- VU#304064 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 31164 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/backdooring-quicktime-movies/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-03-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-03-01-2007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305149 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-0063 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-0059)Record last updated .