CVE-2005-3750

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3750
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-22 19:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-74 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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
Gentoo update for opera - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Opera URL Loading Script Backtick Parsing Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Shell Commands af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
Opera Web Browser Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Secunia - Advisories - Opera Command Line URL Shell Command Injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Patch
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
Opera Command Line URL Shell Command Injection - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Opera 8.51 for Linux Changelog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.opera.com Broken Link
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Opera: Command-line URL shell command injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Patch
Neohapsis Archives - Full Disclosure List - #0677 - [Full-disclosure] Secunia Research: Opera Command Line URL Shell Command Injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/21003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link, 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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