Description
The PluginContext object of Opera 6.05 and 7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request containing a long string that gets passed to the ShowDocument method.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Opera 6.0/7.0 - opera.PluginContext Native Method Denial of Service EDB-22240 · dos · Jan 13, 2003 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 6814 vdb-entry
- 20030210 Java-Applet crashes Opera 6.05 and 7.01 mailing-list
- opera-plugincontextshowdocument-bo(11280) vdb-entry
- 3255 third-party-advisory