Opera < 19.0 (for Mac) Address Bar URI Spoofing

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8145

Synopsis

The remote Mac has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to URI spoofing in the address bar.

Description

The remote host is running an Opera web browser older than version 19.0, which patches a vulnerability wherein the address bar could be spoofed on the Mac platform via drag-and-drop. No further details have been provided by the vendor.

Solution

Upgrade to Opera 19.0 or later.

See Also

http://blogs.opera.com/security/2014/01/security-changes-features-opera-19

http://www.zerodaylab.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-2014/CVE-2014-1870.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 8145

Family: Web Clients

Published: 2/28/2014

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:opera:opera_browser

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1870

BID: 65614