Description
A race condition in Opera web browser 7.53 Build 3850 causes Opera to fill in the address bar before the page has been loaded, which allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the address bar via the window.open and location.replace HTML parameters, which facilitates phishing attacks.
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 Web Browser 7.53 - Location Replace URI Obfuscation EDB-24325 · remote · Jul 27, 2004 · verified
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References
- opera-addressbar-spoofing(16816) vdb-entry
- 20040726 Opera 7.53 (Build 3850) Address Bar Spoofing Issue mailing-list
- 12162 third-party-advisory
- http://www.opera.com/windows/changelogs/754/
- 8317 vdb-entry
- 10810 vdb-entry