Collected research

0DAY: QuickTime pwns Firefox

pdp · gnucitizen.org

A QuickTime media-link (QTL) file whose qtnext attribute carries a javascript: URI executes in Firefox, and with the -chrome switch runs with chrome privileges. pdp shows the payload launching calc.exe via nsILocalFile and nsIProcess, and notes the XML can be saved under any of ~60 QuickTime extensions (mp3, mov, avi, png) to mislead the victim. Cross-platform; iTunes ships QuickTime.

Record

Researcher

pdp

Published by

gnucitizen.org

Topic

HTTP

In the archive

• Collected in the 2007 research round

Related sources

• MySpace QuickTime Worm Follow-up

Tags

• rce
• sandbox-escape
• privilege-escalation
• abuse-of-functionality
• content-type
• javascript
• attack-chain
• owasp-a01-2021
• owasp-a04-2021
• owasp-a05-2021

This page is the archive's own catalogue record. The research is the work of pdp, first published at the original source. Preserved copies are kept so the citation survives its host; this one was last captured on 9 August 2026.