CVE-2004-1491

Medium

Description

Opera 7.54 and earlier uses kfmclient exec to handle unknown MIME types, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a shortcut or launcher that contains an Exec entry.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductOpera Browser
PublishedDec 31, 2004
First seenDec 31, 2004

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
opera opera_browserv ≤ 7.54—
gentoo linuxNo range specified—
kde kde3.2.3—
suse suse_linux1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2—

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