21003 : Opera Command Line URL Shell Command Injection
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Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date
2005-09-22	2005-11-22

Description

Opera contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on a users client. The issue is triggered due to the improper handling of the command line interface allowing the injection of backtick ("`") shell commands into the URL parameter, and resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 8.51 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Opera Software ASA	Opera	8.5
		8.02
		8.01
		8.00

References

Security Tracker: 1015253
Bugtraq ID: 15521
Secunia Advisory ID: 16907 17831 18111
CVE ID: 2005-3750 (see also: NVD)
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2005-2519
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0677.html
Other Advisory URL: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Dec/0001.html
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-57/
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-10.xml

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Jakob Balle - jbsecunia.com - Secunia Research

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-11-30 | Disagree?

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