Opera Web Browser up to 7.22 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Opera Web Browser up to 7.22. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to privileges management. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.22 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 11/12/2003 by S. G. Masood (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.netsys.com. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The exploit is available at lists.netsys.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11922 (Opera < 7.22 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version 7.22 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at opera.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13739), Exploit-DB (127), Tenable (11922), SecurityFocus (BID 9021†) and OSVDB (2806†). lists.netsys.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-408 and VDB-409 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 11922
Nessus Name: Opera < 7.22 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Browser 7.22
Patch: opera.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: opera.com

Advisory: lists.netsys.com
Researcher: S. G. Masood
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-389
X-Force: 13739 - Opera MIME types automatic file download, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 9021 - Opera Web Browser Opera: URI Handler Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia: 10196 - Opera Browser Arbitrary File Placement Security Issue, Not Critical
OSVDB: 2806 - Opera MIME Type Handling Arbitrary File Download

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/13/2003 10:44
Updated: 03/09/2021 08:30
Changes: 11/13/2003 10:44 (72), 04/22/2019 10:50 (2), 03/09/2021 08:30 (1)
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