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CVE-2004-2491 Details

Description

A race condition in Opera web browser 7.53 Build 3850 causes Opera to fill in the address bar before the page has been loaded, which allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the address bar via the window.open and location.replace HTML parameters, which facilitates phishing attacks.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1056.html CVEBroken LinkExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/12162 CVEBroken LinkPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16816 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.opera.com/windows/changelogs/754/ CVEBroken LinkPatch
http://www.osvdb.org/8317 CVEBroken LinkExploit

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
opera opera browser
<= 7.53

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-2491
NVD Published Date:
Dec 31, 2004
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]