CVE-2008-4198

Opera < 9.52 - Unauthenticated Security UI Spoofing via HTTPS Frame in HTTP Page

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Opera before 9.52, when rendering an http page that has loaded an https page into a frame, displays a padlock icon and offers a security information dialog reporting a secure connection, which might allow remote attackers to trick a user into performing unsafe actions on the http page.

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/952/
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2416
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020721
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32538
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/895/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/952/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44555
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30768
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/952/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/952/
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/4
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/2
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31549
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235298
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/952/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml

Scores

EPSS 0.0096
EPSS Percentile 76.7%

Details

Status published
Products (29)
opera/opera_browser 5.0 (8 CPE variants)
opera/opera_browser 5.02
opera/opera_browser 5.10
opera/opera_browser 5.11
opera/opera_browser 5.12
opera/opera_browser 6.0 (7 CPE variants)
opera/opera_browser 6.1 (2 CPE variants)
opera/opera_browser 6.01
opera/opera_browser 6.02
opera/opera_browser 6.03
... and 19 more
Published Sep 27, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026