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CVE-2005-0457

Published

18 years ago

Last Modified

2 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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Opera 7.54 and earlier on Gentoo Linux uses an insecure path for plugins, which could allow local users to gain privileges by inserting malicious libraries into the PORTAGE_TMPDIR (portage) temporary directory..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: High
Base Score: 7.2/10
Exploit Score: 3.9/10
Access Vector: Local
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 10/10
Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Availability Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: Complete

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser::::::::	Yes	-	-

References

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81747