CVE-2004-1490 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Opera 7.54 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof file types in the download dialog via dots and non-breaking spaces (ASCII character code 160) in the (1) Content-Disposition or (2) Content-Type headers.

Published: 2005-02-17

Score: 2.6 Low

EPSS: 1.1% 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-2004-1484	Opera 7.54 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof file types in the download dialog via dots and non-breaking spaces (ASCII character code 160) in the (1) Content-Disposition or (2) Content-Type headers.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01133.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/12981
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-19/advisory/
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11883
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18423

History

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Subscriptions

Opera Opera Browser

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-17T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:53:24.104Z

Reserved: 2005-02-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1490

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-1490

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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