Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 Address Bar authentication spoofing

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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 of the component Address Bar. Such manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-4010. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Address Bar. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Opera before 11.60 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via unspecified homograph characters, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2660.

The weakness was released 08/30/2012 (Website). The advisory is available at opera.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4010 since 07/12/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62301 (GLSA-201209-11 : 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 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (62301) and SecurityFocus (BID 54779†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-5908, VDB-5909, VDB-5911 and VDB-61480. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 62301
Nessus Name: GLSA-201209-11 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 802450
OpenVAS Name: Opera Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability (Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Browser 7.20

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07/12/2012 🔍
08/02/2012 +21 days 🔍
08/30/2012 +28 days 🔍
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09/25/2012 +26 days 🔍
09/26/2012 +1 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +908 days 🔍
04/23/2019 +1492 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: opera.com

Advisory: opera.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-4010 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4010
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61946
SecurityFocus: 54779 - Opera Web Browser HTML Injection Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 04/23/2019 21:59
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (68), 04/23/2019 21:59 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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