====================================================================== Secunia Research 12/08/2010 - Opera "Download" Dialog File Execution Security Issue - ====================================================================== Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software Opera 10.53, 10.54, and 10.60. NOTE: Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Moderately critical Impact: System access Where: From remote ====================================================================== 3) Vendor's Description of Software "Take control of the Web like never before - Opera has you flying through Web pages with never-before-seen speed and surfing smartly with advanced features that make it easy to get the most from the Web.". Product Link: http://www.opera.com/ ====================================================================== 4) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a security issue in Opera, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The "Download" dialog provides the option to run a downloadable executable at a predictable location in the browser window. This can be exploited to trick a user into clicking on the "Run" button by positioning a new window on top of the "Download" dialog that is closed e.g. via a timeout shortly before the user clicks on a link within this window. This is related to: SA15781 ====================================================================== 5) Solution Update to version 10.61. ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 15/07/2010 - Vendor notified. 15/07/2010 - Vendor response. 12/08/2010 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by Jakob Balle and Sven Krewitt, Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2010-2576 for the vulnerability. SA15781: https://www.flexera.com/advisories/15781/ ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: https://www.flexera.com/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general. Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: https://www.flexera.com/company/careers Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: https://www.flexera.com/secunia_security_advisories/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: https://www.flexera.com/about-us/secunia-research/advisories/sr-2010-110.html Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: https://www.flexera.com/about-us/secunia-research/advisories/ ======================================================================