CVE-2002-0898

Published: Apr 2, 2003Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

NVD MITRE

5.0CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

Description

Opera 6.0.1 and 6.0.2 allows a remote web site to upload arbitrary files from the client system, without prompting the client, via an input type=file tag whose value contains a newline.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/a n/a

opera web browser opera software

On-prem

Consumer Software / browser

opera softwarecommercialNOConsumer Softwareaka opera

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=102256058220402&w=2

marc.info

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274202

online.securityfocus.com

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9188.php

iss.net

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Timeline

Published

Apr 2, 2003

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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