CVE-2005-0456

Opera 7.54 and earlier does not properly validate base64 encoded binary data in a data: (RFC 2397) URL, which causes the URL to be obscured in a download dialog, which may allow remote attackers to trick users into executing arbitrary code.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/13818/	Broken Link Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml	Patch Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/882926	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_31_opera.html	Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/	Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18867	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/13818/	Broken Link Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml	Patch Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/882926	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_31_opera.html	Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/	Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18867	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2005-01-12 05:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2005-0456

Mitre link : CVE-2005-0456

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-0456

JSON object : View

Products Affected

opera

opera_browser

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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