CVE-2004-0473

N/A Unknown
Published: July 07, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-19.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010142
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10341
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16139
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-19.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010142
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=104&type=vulnerabilities
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/750/index.dml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10341
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16139
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.2%
79th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

opera