CVE-2005-3006

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-09-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The mail client in Opera before 8.50 opens attached files from the user's cache directory without warning the user, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script and spoof attachment filenames.

Affected products

Opera Browser: through 8.02; 1.00, 2.00, 2.10, 2.10-beta1, 2.10-beta2, 2.10-beta3 (+77)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112724692219695&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16645
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-42/advisory/
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/850/
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/850/
http://www.osvdb.org/19508
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9339
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14880
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1789
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22335
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112724692219695&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16645

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