CVE-2007-5541

Summary

CVECVE-2007-5541
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-18 00:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in Opera before 9.24, when using an "external" newsgroup or e-mail client, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unknown vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opera Opera Browser 1.00 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 2.00 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 2.10 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 2.10 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 2.10 beta2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 2.10 beta3 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 2.12 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 3.00 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 3.00 beta All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 3.10 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 3.21 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 3.50 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 3.51 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 3.60 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 3.61 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 3.62 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 3.62 beta All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 4.00 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 4.00 beta2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 4.00 beta3 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 4.00 beta4 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 4.00 beta5 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 4.00 beta6 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 4.01 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 4.02 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 5.0 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 5.0 beta2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 5.0 beta3 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 5.0 beta4 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 5.0 beta5 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 5.0 beta6 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 5.0 beta7 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 5.0 beta8 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 5.02 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 5.10 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 5.11 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 5.12 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.0 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.0 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.0 beta2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.0 tp1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.0 tp2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.0 tp3 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.01 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.02 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.03 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.04 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.05 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.06 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.1 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.1 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.11 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 6.12 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.0 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.0 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.0 beta1_v2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.0 beta2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.01 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.02 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.03 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.10 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.10 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.11 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.11 beta2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.20 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.20 beta7 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.21 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.22 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.23 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.50 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.50 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.51 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.52 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.53 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.54 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.54 update1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.54 update2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 7.60 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 8.0 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 8.0 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 8.0 beta2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 8.0 beta3 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 8.01 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 8.02 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 8.50 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 8.51 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 8.52 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 8.53 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 8.54 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 9.0 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 9.0 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 9.0 beta2 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 9.01 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 9.02 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 9.10 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 9.12 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 9.20 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 9.20 beta1 All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 9.21 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser 9.22 All All All
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 Linux Documentation -- Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2007:022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for opera - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisory: External news readers and e-mail clients can be used to execute arbitrary code - Opera Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.opera.com
Opera Web Browser External Applications Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/38126 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Gentoo Bug 196164 - www-client/opera <9.24 Multiple issues (CVE-2007-{5540,5541}) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Opera Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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