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CVE-2005-3006
The mail client in Opera before 8.50 opens attached files from the user's cache directory without warning the user, which might allow…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.0%
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Description
The mail client in Opera before 8.50 opens attached files from the user's cache directory without warning the user, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script and spoof attachment filenames.
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)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (5 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- ADV-2005-1789 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 14880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-42/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- opera-mail-file-xss(22335) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/850/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/850/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2005:057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20050920 Secunia Research: Opera Mail Client Attachment Spoofing and Script Insertion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19508 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 16645 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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