CVE-2004-1491 Information

Description

Opera 7.54 and earlier uses kfmclient exec to handle unknown MIME types which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a shortcut or launcher that contains an Exec entry.

Reference

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Mar/0007.html http://secunia.com/advisories/13447/ http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11901 http://www.zone-h.org/advisories/read/id=6503 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18457