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CVE-2005-3750

Opera before 8.51 on Linux and Unix systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters (backticks) in a URL that another product provides in a command line argument when launching Opera.

Published

2005-11-22T19:03:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-74

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	opera	opera_browser	< 8.51	Yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0677.html Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/16907 Broken Link, Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18111 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-57/advisory/ Broken Link, Patch ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/199 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015253 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-10.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/851/ Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/21003 Broken Link, Patch ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417393/30/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15521 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2519 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0677.html Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/16907 Broken Link, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18111 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-57/advisory/ Broken Link, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/199 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015253 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-10.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/851/ Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/21003 Broken Link, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417393/30/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15521 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2519 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)