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Opera Browser "location" Object Write Access Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA12233
Release Date: 2004-08-05
Last Update: 2004-08-17
Popularity: 18,204 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Spoofing
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Opera 7.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
GreyMagic has discovered a vulnerability in Opera, allowing a malicious website to steal sensitive information and conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

The vulnerability is caused due to universal write access being enabled on the "location" object. This can be exploited by replacing methods in this object making it possible for a malicious website to override cross-site scripting restrictions for any website or local file.

Reportedly, this issue is related to:
SA7991

A weakness was also reported, which can be exploited to determine the presence of files and directories on a user's system.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 7.53 and prior.

Change Page:
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