CVE-2004-0473

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Published May 20, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 2.6 Low EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in Opera before 7.50 does not properly filter "-" characters that begin a hostname in a telnet URI, which allows remote attackers to insert options to the resulting command line and overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the "-f" option on Windows XP or (2) the "-n" option on Linux.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0472	Argument injection vulnerability in Opera before 7.50 does not properly filter "-" characters that begin a hostname in a telnet URI, which allows remote attackers to insert options to the resulting command line and overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the "-f" option on Windows XP or (2) the "-n" option on Linux.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.5% (2.451% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-19.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010142
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=104&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/750/index.dml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10341
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16139

History

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Subscriptions

Opera Opera Browser

Weaknesses

CWE-88

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:17 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 20, 2004, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:17 AM
Reserved: May 13, 2004, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:05 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 7, 2004, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:05 PM

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