HIGH
Opera before 8.51 on Linux and Unix systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters (backticks) in a URL that another product provides in a command line argument when launching Opera
Published Nov 22, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.36%
Description
Opera before 8.51 on Linux and Unix systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters (backticks) in a URL that another product provides in a command line argument when launching Opera.
Affected products
No data.
- < 8.51
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.36% 0.06357
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06357
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.36% (0.06357) | 93.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.36% (0.06357) | 92.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.62% (0.07619) | 91.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.39% (0.05391) | 83.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 8.01% (0.08014) | 91.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.24% (0.09243) | 92.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 41.62% (0.41624) | 97.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 29, 2024 | 11.29% (0.11286) | 95.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 15.05% (0.15052) | 94.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 95.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 88.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (13)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0677.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16907 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18111 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-57/advisory/ x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkPatch
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/199 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015253 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/851/ x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://www.osvdb.org/21003 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken LinkPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417393/30/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15521 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2519 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0677.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16907 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18111 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-57/advisory/ | x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkPatch | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/199 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONThird Party Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015253 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-10.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/851/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/21003 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken LinkPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417393/30/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15521 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2519 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 22, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 22, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3750
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a