THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-4293
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-4293

Opera vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
4.5%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Unspecified vulnerability in Opera before 9.52 on Windows, when registered as a protocol handler, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors in which Opera is launched by other applications.
Affected vendor
Opera
Affected product
Opera
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2008-09-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-4293

  • Confirm whether Opera Opera is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-4293.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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