CVE-2004-0473 — LOW severity vulnerability (Argument injection vulnerability in Opera before 7.50 does n)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2004-0473 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| CWE | CWE-88 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2004-07-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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