CVE-2004-2491

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-2491
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionA race condition in Opera web browser 7.53 Build 3850 causes Opera to fill in the address bar before the page has been loaded, which allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the address bar via the window.open and location.replace HTML parameters, which facilitates phishing attacks.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opera Opera Browser All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1056.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Broken Link, Exploit
Secunia - Advisories - Opera Browser Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Patch
www.osvdb.org/8317 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link, Exploit
Opera Web Browser Location Replace URI Obfuscation Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changelog for Opera 7.54 for Windows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.opera.com Broken Link, Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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