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Vigil@nce: Opera, buffer overflow of file
November 2008 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS
An attacker can create a HTML file containing a long "file://" uri
in order to execute code when it is locally opened.
Gravity: 1/4
Consequences: user access/rights
Provenance: document
Means of attack: 1 attack
Ability of attacker: technician (2/4)
Confidence: contradictory sources (1/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 18/11/2008
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– Opera
DESCRIPTION
Opera does not accept to open "file://" uris from internet: they
can only be used from a file opened on the local computer.
If the uri size is over 16kbytes, a buffer overflow occurs and
leads to code execution.
An attacker can therefore invite the victim to open a local HTML
file with Opera in order to execute code on his computer.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: BID-32323, VIGILANCE-VUL-8252
