CVE-2005-3750

Opera < 8.51 - Remote Code Execution via Shell Metacharacters in URL

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Opera before 8.51 on Linux and Unix systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters (backticks) in a URL that another product provides in a command line argument when launching Opera.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/851/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18111
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/199
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2519
Broken Link, Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/21003
Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015253
Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15521
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417393/30/0/threaded
Broken Link, Patch x_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-57/advisory/
Broken Link, Patch third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/16907
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-10.xml
Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0677.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0762
EPSS Percentile 92.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-74
Status published
Products (1)
opera/opera_browser < 8.51
Published Nov 22, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026