CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-0457
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-05-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
Description
Opera 7.54 and earlier on Gentoo Linux uses an insecure path for plugins, which could allow local users to gain privileges by inserting malicious libraries into the PORTAGE_TMPDIR (portage) temporary directory.
Affected configurations
• opera opera browser (<= 7.54)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81747 Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81747 Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory