CVE-2004-1490 describes a file type spoofing vulnerability in Opera 7.54 and earlier versions. Attackers can manipulate Content-Disposition or Content-Type headers using dots and non-breaking spaces to deceive users about downloaded file types. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high attack complexity and a potential impact limited to partial integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known Metasploit or ExploitDB modules, though it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.54CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.