Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 7, 2004· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2004-0473

Description

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.

Affected products

Opera/Opera Browser
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <7.50

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-19.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/10341nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16139nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.idefense.com/application/poi/displaynvdBroken Link
www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/750/index.dmlnvdBroken Link

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