Opera before 8.51 on Linux and Unix systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters (backticks) in a URL that another product provides in a command line argument when launching Opera.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3750
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0677.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16907
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18111
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-57/advisory/
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/199
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015253
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-10.xml
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html
• http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/851/
• http://www.osvdb.org/21003
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417393/30/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15521
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2519