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CVE-2005-3750

critical

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.

References

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-10.xml

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/199

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-3745

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2519

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15521

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417393/30/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/21003

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/851/

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015253

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-57/advisory/

http://secunia.com/advisories/18111

http://secunia.com/advisories/16907

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0677.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-11-22

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06357