CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Opera before 9.52 does not ensure that the address field of a news feed represents the feed s actual URL, which allows remote attackers to change this field to display the URL of a page containing web script controlled by the attacker.
The bug was discovered 08/20/2008. The weakness was presented 09/27/2008 by Michael A. Puls II (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at opera.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4200 since 09/23/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34045 (FreeBSD : opera -- multiple vulnerabilities (73ec1008-72f0-11dd-874b-0030843d3802)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 7.20 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (34045). See 44225, 44224, 44222 and 44221 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 34045
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : opera -- multiple vulnerabilities (73ec1008-72f0-11dd-874b-0030843d3802)
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OpenVAS ID: 61446
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: opera, linux-opera
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Web Browser 7.20
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: opera.comAdvisory: opera.com
Researcher: Michael A. Puls II
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4200 (🔍)
X-Force: 44559
SecurityTracker: 1020723
Vulnerability Center: 19961 - Opera < 9.52 Allows URL Spoofing in News Feed Address Field, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30768 - Opera Web Browser 9.51 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31549
OSVDB: 47688 - CVE-2008-4200 - Opera Software - Opera - Spoofing Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2416
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/02/2021 09:50
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (71), 08/20/2019 14:42 (12), 08/02/2021 09:50 (3)
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