Vulnerability in Opera Browser

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.

EPSS: 0.064 (92.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Opera Opera_browser
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_VUPEN)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, Patch, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)