Description
Opera 8.01, when the "Arial Unicode MS" font (ARIALUNI.TTF) is installed, does not properly handle extended ASCII characters in the file download dialog box, which allows remote attackers to spoof file extensions and possibly trick users into executing arbitrary code.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2005-2406 | Opera 8.01, when the "Arial Unicode MS" font (ARIALUNI.TTF) is installed, does not properly handle extended ASCII characters in the file download dialog box, which allows remote attackers to spoof file extensions and possibly trick users into executing arbitrary code. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T22:22:49.133Z
Reserved: 2005-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2005-2405
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Status : Modified
Published: 2005-08-01T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2005-2405
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Weaknesses
EUVD