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CVE-2004-1491
Opera 7.54 and earlier uses kfmclient exec to handle unknown MIME types, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
Medium5.0EPSS 12.6%
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Description
Opera 7.54 and earlier uses kfmclient exec to handle unknown MIME types, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a shortcut or launcher that contains an Exec entry.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.6% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- SUSE-SR:2005:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 11901 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- pera-kfmclient-command-execution(18457) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.zone-h.org/advisories/read/id=6503 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200502-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 13447 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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