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CVE-2005-3007
Opera before 8.50 allows remote attackers to spoof the content type of files via a filename with a trailing "." (dot), which might allow…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 3.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Opera before 8.50 allows remote attackers to spoof the content type of files via a filename with a trailing "." (dot), which might allow remote attackers to trick users into processing dangerous content.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 12% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References10
- ADV-2005-1789 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 14880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-42/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/850/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/850/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- opera-filename-spoofing(22337) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2005:057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 19509 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20050920 Secunia Research: Opera Mail Client Attachment Spoofing and Script Insertion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 16645 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-3007 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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