Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-4695 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Opera
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Opera before 9.60 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and have unspecified other impact by predicting the cache pathname of a cached Java applet and then launching this applet from the cache, leading to applet execution within the local-machine context.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Subverting Environment Variable Values The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
- Footprinting An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
- Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible) An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
- Browser Fingerprinting An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
- Session Credential Falsification through Prediction This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.
Nessus
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200811-01.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200811-01 (Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Opera: Opera does not restrict the ability of a framed web page to change the address associated with a different frame (CVE-2008-4195). Chris Weber (Casaba Security) discovered a Cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2008-4196). Michael A. Puls II discovered that Opera can produce argument strings that contain uninitialized memory, when processing custom shortcut and menu commands (CVE-2008-4197). Lars Kleinschmidt discovered that Opera, when rendering an HTTP page that has loaded an HTTPS page into a frame, displays a padlock icon and offers a security information dialog reporting a secure connection (CVE-2008-4198). Opera does not prevent use of links from web pages to feed source files on the local disk (CVE-2008-4199). Opera does not ensure that the address field of a news feed represents the feed last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34689 published 2008-11-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34689 title GLSA-200811-01 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200811-01. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(34689); script_version("1.16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/26"); script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4195", "CVE-2008-4196", "CVE-2008-4197", "CVE-2008-4198", "CVE-2008-4199", "CVE-2008-4200", "CVE-2008-4292", "CVE-2008-4694", "CVE-2008-4695", "CVE-2008-4696", "CVE-2008-4697", "CVE-2008-4698", "CVE-2008-4794", "CVE-2008-4795"); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200811-01"); script_name(english:"GLSA-200811-01 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200811-01 (Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Opera: Opera does not restrict the ability of a framed web page to change the address associated with a different frame (CVE-2008-4195). Chris Weber (Casaba Security) discovered a Cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2008-4196). Michael A. Puls II discovered that Opera can produce argument strings that contain uninitialized memory, when processing custom shortcut and menu commands (CVE-2008-4197). Lars Kleinschmidt discovered that Opera, when rendering an HTTP page that has loaded an HTTPS page into a frame, displays a padlock icon and offers a security information dialog reporting a secure connection (CVE-2008-4198). Opera does not prevent use of links from web pages to feed source files on the local disk (CVE-2008-4199). Opera does not ensure that the address field of a news feed represents the feed's actual URL (CVE-2008-4200). Opera does not check the CRL override upon encountering a certificate that lacks a CRL (CVE-2008-4292). Chris (Matasano Security) reported that Opera may crash if it is redirected by a malicious page to a specially crafted address (CVE-2008-4694). Nate McFeters reported that Opera runs Java applets in the context of the local machine, if that applet has been cached and a page can predict the cache path for that applet and load it from the cache (CVE-2008-4695). Roberto Suggi Liverani (Security-Assessment.com) reported that Opera's History Search results does not escape certain constructs correctly, allowing for the injection of scripts into the page (CVE-2008-4696). David Bloom reported that Opera's Fast Forward feature incorrectly executes scripts from a page held in a frame in the outermost page instead of the page the JavaScript URL was located (CVE-2008-4697). David Bloom reported that Opera does not block some scripts when previewing a news feed (CVE-2008-4698). Opera does not correctly sanitize content when certain parameters are passed to Opera's History Search, allowing scripts to be injected into the History Search results page (CVE-2008-4794). Opera's links panel incorrectly causes scripts from a page held in a frame to be executed in the outermost page instead of the page where the URL was located (CVE-2008-4795). Impact : These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, to run scripts injected into Opera's History Search with elevated privileges, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into web pages, to manipulate the address bar, to change Opera's preferences, to determine the validity of local filenames, to read cache files, browsing history, and subscribed feeds or to conduct other attacks. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200811-01" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All Opera users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/opera-9.62'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Opera historysearch XSS'); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'D2ExploitPack'); script_cwe_id(20, 59, 79, 200, 255, 264, 399); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:opera"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/11/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/11/04"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"www-client/opera", unaffected:make_list("ge 9.62"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 9.62"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Opera"); }
NASL family Windows NASL id OPERA_960.NASL description The version of Opera installed on the remote host is earlier than 9.60 and thus reportedly affected by several issues : - Specially crafted URLs can cause Opera to crash or allow arbitrary code execution. - Once a Java applet has been cached, a page that can predict the cache path for that applet can load it from cache thereby causing it to run in the security context of the local machine, allowing for reading of other files from the cache. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34368 published 2008-10-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34368 title Opera < 9.60 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_FB84D5DD952811DD9A00001999392805.NASL description Opera reports : If a malicious page redirects Opera to a specially crafted address (URL), it can cause Opera to crash. Given sufficient address content, the crash could cause execution of code controlled by the attacking page. Once a Java applet has been cached, if a page can predict the cache path for that applet, it can load the applet from the cache, causing it to run in the context of the local machine. This allows it to read other cache files on the computer or perform other normally more restrictive actions. These files could contain sensitive information, which could then be sent to the attacker. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34382 published 2008-10-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34382 title FreeBSD : opera -- multiple vulnerabilities (fb84d5dd-9528-11dd-9a00-001999392805)
References
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/960/
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021017
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/902/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/960/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/960/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/960/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/5
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/960/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31643
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32177
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32394
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32538
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2765
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45723