CVE-2007-3142

Public Exploit

Description

Visual truncation vulnerability in Opera 9.21 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks via a long hostname, which is truncated after 34 characters, as demonstrated by a phishing attack using HTTP Basic Authentication.

5.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.67% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://osvdb.org/43463	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24352	vdb entry exploit
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-17.xml	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34983	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26545	third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://testing.bitsploit.de/test.html
http://www.0x000000.com/?i=334	exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-3142?: CVE-2007-3142 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-3142?: To fix CVE-2007-3142, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-3142 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-3142 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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