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CVE-2008-4198

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4198 describes a user interface spoofing vulnerability in Opera versions prior to 9.52. This flaw allows remote attackers to trick users into believing an insecure HTTP page is secure by displaying a padlock icon and security information dialog, even when an HTTPS page is loaded within a frame. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to information integrity issues, but does not impact confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.51CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:5.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:5.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:5.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0284 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/31549
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32538
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44555
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/4
opera.com / docs/changelogs/freebsd/952
opera.com / docs/changelogs/linux/952
opera.com / docs/changelogs/mac/952
opera.com / docs/changelogs/solaris/952
opera.com / docs/changelogs/windows/952
opera.com / support/search/view/895
securityfocus.com / bid/30768
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2416
Vendor Advisory