Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Opera before 7.50 does not properly filter "-" characters that begin a hostname in a telnet URI, which allows remote attackers to insert options to the resulting command line and overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the "-f" option on Windows XP or (2) the "-n" option on Linux.
References
- http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/750/index.dml
- opera-telnet-file-overwrite(16139) vdb-entry
- 20040512 Opera Telnet URI Handler File Creation/Truncation Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- 1010142 vdb-entry
- GLSA-200405-19 vendor-advisory
- 10341 vdb-entry