Opera Web Browser 9.21 Address Bar authentication spoofing

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Opera Web Browser 9.21 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Address Bar. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Opera 9.21 allows remote attackers to spoof the data: URI scheme in the address bar via a long URI with trailing whitespace, which prevents the beginning of the URI from being displayed.

The weakness was shared 07/13/2007 by Robert Swiecki (Website). The advisory is available at alt.swiecki.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-3819 since 07/16/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 26040 (GLSA-200708-17 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35430) and Tenable (26040). The entry 37855 is related to this item.

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 26040
Nessus Name: GLSA-200708-17 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 58598
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200708-17 (opera)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: opera.com

Advisory: alt.swiecki.net
Researcher: Robert Swiecki
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-3819 (🔍)
X-Force: 35430
SecurityTracker: 1018397
Vulnerability Center: 15729 - Opera Browser Vulnerability Allows Remote Attacker Data Spoofing, Medium
SecurityFocus: 24917 - Opera Web Browser Address Bar URI Spoofing Vulnerability
Secunia: 26074
OSVDB: 38122 - Opera Crafted data: URI Address Bar Spoofing
Vupen: ADV-2007-2537

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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/22/2019 17:27
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (83), 07/22/2019 17:27 (2)
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