Opera < 7.51 favicon.ico Address Bar Spoofing

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14245

Synopsis

The remote host contains a web browser that is vulnerable to address bar spoofing attacks.

Description

The version of Opera is vulnerable to a security weakness that may permit malicious web pages to spoof address bar information. It is reported that the 'favicon' feature can be used to spoof the domain of a malicious web page. An attacker can create an icon that includes the text of the desired site and is similar to the way Opera displays information in the address bar. The attacker can then obfuscate the real address with spaces.

This issue can be used to spoof information in the address bar, page bar and page/window cycler.

Solution

Install to Opera 7.51 or newer.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14245

File Name: opera_favicon_address_bar_spoofing.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/10/2004

Updated: 7/16/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:opera:opera_browser

Required KB Items: SMB/Opera/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0537

BID: 10452

Detections

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