Opera Web Browser up to 7.52 Address Bar authentication spoofing
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.52 (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Address Bar. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:
A race condition in Opera web browser 7.53 Build 3850 causes Opera to fill in the address bar before the page has been loaded, which allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the address bar via the window.open and location.replace HTML parameters, which facilitates phishing attacks.
The weakness was published 07/26/2004 by bitlance winter (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-2491 since 10/25/2005. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14235 (Opera < 7.54 Multiple Function Address Bar Spoofing), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 7.53 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16816) and Tenable (14235). Similar entry is available at 1198.
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Version
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 7.2
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.5
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.8
- 7.9
- 7.10
- 7.11
- 7.12
- 7.13
- 7.14
- 7.15
- 7.16
- 7.17
- 7.18
- 7.19
- 7.20
- 7.21
- 7.22
- 7.23
- 7.24
- 7.25
- 7.26
- 7.27
- 7.28
- 7.29
- 7.30
- 7.31
- 7.32
- 7.33
- 7.34
- 7.35
- 7.36
- 7.37
- 7.38
- 7.39
- 7.40
- 7.41
- 7.42
- 7.43
- 7.44
- 7.45
- 7.46
- 7.47
- 7.48
- 7.49
- 7.50
- 7.51
- 7.52
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Base Score: 3.7
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Exploiting
Class: Authentication spoofingCWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 14235
Nessus Name: Opera < 7.54 Multiple Function Address Bar Spoofing
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Web Browser 7.53
Timeline
07/26/2004 🔍07/26/2004 🔍
07/26/2004 🔍
07/27/2004 🔍
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08/09/2004 🔍
08/18/2004 🔍
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10/25/2005 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: opera.comAdvisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: bitlance winter
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2491 (🔍)
X-Force: 16816
Vulnerability Center: 5117 - Opera Web Browser URL Address Spoofing, Low
SecurityFocus: 10810 - Opera Web Browser Location Replace URI Obfuscation Weakness
Secunia: 12162
OSVDB: 8317 - Opera Multiple Function Address Bar Spoofing
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/09/2015 16:55Updated: 05/24/2019 10:01
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (75), 05/24/2019 10:01 (3)
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