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Opera Web Browser Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Opera Web Browser is affected by an arbitrary command execution vulnerability.

User-supplied data passed through a URI is not properly sanitized, allowing an attacker to use a specially crafted URI and enticing a user to follow it to execute arbitrary commands through the shell.

This attack may facilitate unauthorized remote access.

Opera 8.50 and prior versions running on Unix and Linux platforms are vulnerable to this issue. This vulnerability is identical to BID 14888 (Mozilla Browser/Firefox Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability).