CVE-2008-4199
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD
Opera before 9.52 does not prevent use of links from web pages to feed source files on the local disk, which might allow remote attackers to determine the validity of local filenames via vectors involving "detection of JavaScript events and appropriate manipulation."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4182)
- Published
- September 27, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4182 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- opera / opera browser
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References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235298
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31549(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32538(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020722
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/4
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/952/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/952/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/952/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/952/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/952/
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/896/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30768
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2416(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44557
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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