CVE DATABASE / CVE-2004-0473
CVE-2004-0473
CVSS 2.6 · LOW
Summary
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.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 2.6 (LOW) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | HIGH |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity | PARTIAL |
| Availability | NONE |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Opera opera browser
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References
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-19.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010142
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=104&type=vulnerabilities
- http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/750/index.dml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10341
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16139
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.