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CVE-2004-0473

Argument injection vulnerability in Opera before 7.50 does not properly filter "-" characters that begin a hostname in a

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.

LOW · CVSS 2.6 EPSS 0.01201
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
opera browser< 7.50
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Scoring & Timeline

2.6
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD07 Jul 2004 · 04:00 AM
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-19.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010142Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=104&type=vulnerabilitiesBroken Link
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/750/index.dmlBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10341Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16139Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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