CVE-2005-0457

Opera 7.54 and earlier on Gentoo Linux uses an insecure path for plugins, which could allow local users to gain privileges by inserting malicious libraries into the PORTAGE_TMPDIR (portage) temporary directory.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.2 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-05-02

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-427

Affected products

• Opera Browser (Opera)

References

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81747
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml