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CVE-2004-1491

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Opera 7.54 and earlier uses kfmclient exec to handle unknown MIME types, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a shortcut or launcher that contains an Exec entry.

Affected products

• gentoo Linux: all versions
• Kde: 3.2.3
• Opera Browser: through 7.54
• Suse Linux: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 4.2, 4.3 (+26)

References

• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Mar/0007.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13447/
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml
• http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11901
• http://www.zone-h.org/advisories/read/id=6503
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18457
• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Mar/0007.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13447/
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml
• http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11901

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