CVE - CVE-2004-0473

CVE-ID
CVE-2004-0473	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:10341 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10341 CONFIRM:http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/750/index.dml GENTOO:GLSA-200405-19 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-19.xml IDEFENSE:20040512 Opera Telnet URI Handler File Creation/Truncation Vulnerability URL:http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=104&type=vulnerabilities SECTRACK:1010142 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1010142 XF:opera-telnet-file-overwrite(16139) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16139
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20040513	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20040513)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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