CVE-2005-0457 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Opera 7.54 and earlier on Gentoo Linux. It arises from the browser's insecure handling of plugin paths, allowing a local attacker to insert malicious libraries into the PORTAGE_TMPDIR and gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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