{"id":4145,"date":"2016-04-20T23:22:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T15:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2016-04-20T23:24:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T15:24:04","slug":"apple-will-not-patch-windows-quicktime-vulnerabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2016\/04\/apple-will-not-patch-windows-quicktime-vulnerabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Will Not Patch Windows QuickTime Vulnerabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much like Adobe Flash<\/a>, QuickTime from Apple is a bit of a relic some pretty serious, remote code execution type Windows QuickTime Vulnerabilities were recently discovered by Trend Micro. Apple has officially stated that they won’t be fixing them and the official line on this, is to uninstall QuickTime.<\/p>\n

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I guess a lot of people don’t use it any more (I haven’t had used it for years, since movie trailers used to be common in QuickTime format), but still have it installed. So, uninstall it, and pass the message around to any Windows users, and organisations with Windows desktops that might quite often have QuickTime in the white-list for software.<\/p>\n

RIP QuickTime for Windows. Apple is “deprecating support” for the application, and will no longer patch security flaws in the software.<\/p>\n

The iGiant is also quietly advising users to uninstall the media player from their Windows machines to avoid being hacked.<\/p>\n

Word of the end of support comes from infosec biz Trend Micro. It discovered two critical flaws in the Windows build of QuickTime and reported them to Apple. In response, Trend told The Register, the iPhone maker said it won’t fix the bugs, and is cutting the application loose.<\/p>\n

Both of the vulnerabilities \u2013 ZDI-16-241 and ZDI-16-242 \u2013 are heap-corruption-based remote code execution vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

An attacker can exploit these flaws to hijack a victim’s PC and infect it with malware, simply by tricking them into opening a malicious file or web download. Apple’s response: uninstall QuickTime for Windows.<\/p>\n

“We’re not aware of any active attacks against these vulnerabilities currently. But the only way to protect your Windows systems from potential attacks against these or other vulnerabilities in Apple QuickTime now is to uninstall it,” said Christopher Budd, global threat communications manager at Trend Micro, on Thursday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n