CVE-2010-1818
The IPersistPropertyBag2::Read function in QTPlugin.ocx in Apple QuickTime 6.x, 7.x before 7.6.8, and other versions allows remote…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 42.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The IPersistPropertyBag2::Read function in QTPlugin.ocx in Apple QuickTime 6.x, 7.x before 7.6.8, and other versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the _Marshaled_pUnk attribute, which triggers unmarshalling of an untrusted pointer.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Apple QuickTime 7.6.7 _Marshaled_pUnk Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/apple_quicktime_marshaled_punkRank greatdisclosed 30 Aug 2010
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Apple QuickTime 7.6.7 - _Marshaled_pUnk Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16589local, windowspublished 8 Jan 2011Verified
- Apple QuickTime - '_Marshaled_pUnk' Backdoor Client-Side Arbitrary Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14843dos, windowspublished 30 Aug 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 42.7% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7523 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- https://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/browser/apple_quicktime_marshaled_punk.rb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/new-remote-flaw-apple-quicktime-bypasses-aslr-and-dep-083010 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4339 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-09-15-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_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-2010-1838 (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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