Opera < 10.62 Path Subversion Arbitrary DLL Injection Code Execution

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5661

Synopsis

The remote host has a web browser that is affected by an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running the Opera web browser.

Versions of Opera earlier than 10.62 may unintentionally load malicious DLL files and execute arbitrary code due to Opera's DLL search methods. (970)

Solution

Upgrade to Opera 10.62 or later.

See Also

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1062

http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/970

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5661

Family: Web Clients

Published: 9/9/2010

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 49174

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:W/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:opera:opera_browser

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-5227

BID: 42663