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CVE-2004-0473
Argument injection vulnerability in Opera before 7.50 does not properly filter "-" characters that begin a hostname in a telnet URI, which…
Low2.6EPSS 2.5%
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- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Opera before 7.50 does not properly filter "-" characters that begin a hostname in a telnet URI, which allows remote attackers to insert options to the resulting command line and overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the "-f" option on Windows XP or (2) the "-n" option on Linux.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/750/index.dml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- opera-telnet-file-overwrite(16139) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040512 Opera Telnet URI Handler File Creation/Truncation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 1010142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-200405-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 10341 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
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