CVE-2005-3750

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3750
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-22 19:03:00 UTC
Updated2022-02-28 16:23:00 UTC
DescriptionOpera before 8.51 on Linux and Unix systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters (backticks) in a URL that another product provides in a command line argument when launching Opera.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-74

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opera Opera Browser All All All All
Application Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.0 All All All
Application Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.01 All All All
Application Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.02 All All All
Application Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.50 All All All
Application Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.0 All All All
Application Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.01 All All All
Application Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.02 All All All
Application Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.50 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Opera URL Loading Script Backtick Parsing Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Shell Commands SECTRACK securitytracker.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for opera - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Opera: Command-line URL shell command injection GENTOO www.gentoo.org
Opera 8.51 for Linux Changelog CONFIRM www.opera.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera MISC secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
21003 OSVDB www.osvdb.org Patch
Neohapsis Archives - Full Disclosure List - #0677 - [Full-disclosure] Secunia Research: Opera Command Line URL Shell Command Injection FULLDISC archives.neohapsis.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Opera Command Line URL Shell Command Injection SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Opera Command Line URL Shell Command Injection - CXSecurity.com SREASON securityreason.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Opera Web Browser Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690558 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for opera (dfc1daa8-61de-11da-b64c-0001020eed82)
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