Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.19. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-6524. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Opera before 9.25 allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive memory contents via a crafted bitmap (BMP) file, as demonstrated using a CANVAS element and JavaScript in an HTML document for copying these contents from 9.50 beta, a related issue to CVE-2008-0420.

The bug was discovered 12/19/2007. The weakness was disclosed 12/16/2007 by Gynvael Coldwind (Alex) (Website). The advisory is shared for download at opera.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-6524 since 12/24/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29771 (FreeBSD : opera -- multiple vulnerabilities (31b045e7-ae75-11dc-a5f9-001a4d49522b)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165035 (SUSE Security Update for Opera (SUSE-SA:2008:001)).

Upgrading to version 7.20 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39163), Tenable (29771), SecurityFocus (BID 26937†), OSVDB (42691†) and Secunia (SA28169†). The entries VDB-40231, VDB-40230, VDB-40229 and VDB-40228 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 29771
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : opera -- multiple vulnerabilities (31b045e7-ae75-11dc-a5f9-001a4d49522b)
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OpenVAS ID: 60053
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: opera, opera-devel, linux-opera
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Browser 7.20

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: opera.com

Advisory: opera.com
Researcher: Gynvael Coldwind (Alex)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-6524 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6524
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40232
X-Force: 39163
SecurityFocus: 26937 - Opera Web Browser Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28169
OSVDB: 42691 - Opera BMP File Handling Arbitrary Memory Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1019131
Vulnerability Center: 17166 - Opera Web Browser < 9.25 Remote Sensitive Information Disclosure via Crafted BMP File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-4261

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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/01/2019 21:13
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (79), 08/01/2019 21:13 (10)
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