Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-4367 - Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability in Opera Browser

047910
CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
opera
CWE-763
critical
nessus

Summary

Opera before 9.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted Javascript that triggers a "virtual function call on an invalid pointer."

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Opera
106

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_OPERA-4172.NASL
    descriptionThis update of opera fixes a security vulnerabilities that allowed the execution of arbitrary code by using JavaScript. (CVE-2007-4367)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id27378
    published2007-10-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27378
    titleopenSUSE 10 Security Update : opera (opera-4172)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update opera-4172.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(27378);
      script_version ("1.12");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:30");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2007-4367");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE 10 Security Update : opera (opera-4172)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the opera-4172 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "This update of opera fixes a security vulnerabilities that allowed the
    execution of arbitrary code by using JavaScript. (CVE-2007-4367)"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected opera package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:opera");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/08/29");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/10/17");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
    if (release !~ "^(SUSE10\.1|SUSE10\.2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "10.1 / 10.2", release);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.1", reference:"opera-9.23-2.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"opera-9.23-3.2") ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "opera");
    }
    
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200708-17.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200708-17 (Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities) An error known as
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id26040
    published2007-09-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26040
    titleGLSA-200708-17 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idOPERA_923.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Opera installed on the remote host reportedly allows for execution of arbitrary code via specially crafted JavaScript if a user can be tricked into visiting a malicious site.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id25900
    published2007-08-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25900
    titleOpera < 9.23 Crafted Javascript Arbitrary Code Execution