CVE-2004-0537 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Opera 7.50 and earlier allows remote web sites to provide a "Shortcut Icon" (favicon) that is wider than expected, which could allow the web sites to spoof a trusted domain and facilitate phishing attacks using a wide icon and extra spaces.

Published: 2004-06-08

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0536	Opera 7.50 and earlier allows remote web sites to provide a "Shortcut Icon" (favicon) that is wider than expected, which could allow the web sites to spoof a trusted domain and facilitate phishing attacks using a wide icon and extra spaces.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00932.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/022263.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108627581717738&w=2
http://osvdb.org/6590
http://secunia.com/advisories/11762
http://security.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm007-op/
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/751/index.dml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10452
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16307

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Opera Opera Browser

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-06-08T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:24:25.815Z

Reserved: 2004-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0537

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-08-06T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0537

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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