6590 : Opera favicon.ico Address Bar Spoofing
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
13	940	over 7 years ago	over 4 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2004-05-19	2004-06-03	2004-06-03

Time to Exploit
15 days

Keywords

GM#007-OP

Description

Opera Web Browser contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to spoof a trusted web site. The issue is triggered when a favicon.ico image is crafted to resemble the text of a trusted web site address. It is possible that the flaw may allow impersonation of a trusted web site resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.51 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Opera Software ASA	Opera Web Browser	7.23
		7.50

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 11762
CVE ID: 2004-0537 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 688
Keyword: GM#007-OP
Mail List Post: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=full-disclosure&m=108626969215914&w=2
Other Advisory URL: http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm007-op/
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.opera.com/windows/changelogs/751/

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Tom Gilder -
Grey Magic Software - Grey Magic Software

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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