CVE-2005-2405

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2405
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-08-01 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionOpera 8.01, when the "Arial Unicode MS" font (ARIALUNI.TTF) is installed, does not properly handle extended ASCII characters in the file download dialog box, which allows remote attackers to spoof file extensions and possibly trick users into executing arbitrary code.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opera Opera Browser 8.01 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Opera Error in Processing Extended ASCII Codes Lets Remote Users Spoof File Extensions in the Download Dialog Box af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Opera 8.02 for Linux Changelog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.opera.com Broken Link, Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Opera Download Dialog Spoofing and "setRequestHeader()" Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Patch
Opera Web Browser Content-Disposition Header Download Dialog File Extension Spoofing Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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