Secunia Advisory SA13818Opera "data:" URI Handler Spoofing Vulnerability
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Description
Michael Holzt has discovered a vulnerability in Opera, which can be exploited by malicious people to trick users into executing malicious files. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of "data:" URIs, causing wrong information to be shown in a download dialog. This can be exploited by e.g. a malicious website to trick users into executing a malicious file by supplying a specially crafted "data:" URI. The vulnerability has been confirmed on version 7.54u1 for Windows. Other versions may also be affected. Solution Provided and/or discovered by Other references Deep Links Do you have additional information related to this advisory?Please provide information about patches, mitigating factors, new versions, exploits, faulty patches, links, and other relevant data by posting comments to this Advisory. You can also send this information to vuln@secunia.com
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