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>> Opera Browser "data:" URI Scheme Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability
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Title : Opera Browser "data:" URI Scheme Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2537
CVE ID : CVE-2007-3819
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-07-16
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A weakness has been identified in Opera, which could be exploited by malicious websites to conduct spoofing or phishing attacks. This issue is caused by an error when handling "data:" URIs, which could be exploited by attackers to spoof the displayed address bar by tricking a user into clicking on a specially crafted link.
Affected Products
Opera version 9.21 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2537
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Robert Swiecki.
ChangeLog
2007-07-16 : Initial release
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