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CVE-2005-2407
A design error in Opera 8.01 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by overlaying a malicious new window…
Medium5.1EPSS 2.7%
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- mitre
Description
A design error in Opera 8.01 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by overlaying a malicious new window above a file download dialog box, then tricking the user into double-clicking on the "Run" button, aka "link hijacking".
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% 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 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/802/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1251 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-19/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 15835 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 15781 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1015353 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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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