Opera Web Browser up to 9.62 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Opera Web Browser up to 9.62. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-5683. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Opera Web Browser up to 9.62 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Opera before 9.63 allows remote attackers to "reveal random data" via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 12/16/2008. The weakness was disclosed 12/19/2008 by Robert Swiecki with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared at opera.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-5683 since 12/19/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35943 (GLSA-200903-30 : 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 to version 7.20 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47474), Tenable (35943), SecurityFocus (BID 32864†), OSVDB (51047†) and Secunia (SA34294†). The entries VDB-45596, VDB-45595, VDB-45594 and VDB-45593 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 35943
Nessus Name: GLSA-200903-30 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 63614
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200903-30 (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: Robert Swiecki
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5683 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5683
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45597
X-Force: 47474
SecurityFocus: 32864 - Opera Web Browser prior to 9.63 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34294
OSVDB: 51047 - CVE-2008-5683 - Opera Software - Opera - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021459
Vulnerability Center: 20395 - Opera before 9.63 Leakage of Random Data due to Unspecified Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/23/2019 10:01
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (71), 08/23/2019 10:01 (15)
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