A vulnerability was found in Opera Web Browser 6.0.1/6.0.2 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument type with the input value file leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Opera 6.0.1 and 6.0.2 allows a remote web site to upload arbitrary files from the client system, without prompting the client, via an input type=file tag whose value contains a newline.

The weakness was released 10/04/2002 by GreyMagic as not defined posting (NTBugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0898. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (9188).

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• Web Browser

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• Opera

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• Web Browser

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• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2

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