CVE-2005-0457

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

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.

Affected products

Opera Browser: through 7.54

References

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

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