CVE-2004-0473

Argument injection vulnerability in Opera before 7.50 does not properly filter "-" characters that begin a hostname in a telnet URI, which allows remote attackers to insert options to the resulting command line and overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the "-f" option on Windows XP or (2) the "-n" option on Linux.

Argument injection vulnerability in Opera before 7.50 does not properly filter "-" characters that begin a hostname in a telnet URI, which allows remote attackers to insert options to the resulting command line and overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the "-f" option on Windows XP or (2) the "-n" option on Linux.

El navegador Web Opera no filtra adecuadamente caractéres "-" en el comienzo de un nombre de máquina en una URI telnet, lo que permite a atacantes remotos insertar opciones en la linea de comandos resultante y sobreescribir ficheros de su elección mediante la opción "-f" en Windows XP o "-n" en Linux.