CVE-2005-3750
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Injection
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0677.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0677.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16907Patch
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-57/advisory/Patch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015253Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18111
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/199Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-10.xmlAdvisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.htmlAdvisory