CVE-2004-0473

Low

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in Opera before 7.50 does not properly filter "-" characters that begin a hostname in a telnet URI, which allows remote attackers to insert options to the resulting command line and overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the "-f" option on Windows XP or (2) the "-n" option on Linux.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.6
Exploit probability84. percentile2.5%
ProductOpera Browser
PublishedJul 7, 2004
First seenJul 7, 2004

How to fix

Update
  • opera opera_browser7.50 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
opera opera_browserv < 7.507.50

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