CVE-2005-0457
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Published: February 17, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpera Browser
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 7.54
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81747Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-427
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