CVE-2008-4695
Opera before 9.60 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and have unspecified other impact by predicting the cache pathname of a cached Java applet and then launching this applet from the cache, leading to applet execution within the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Opera before 9.60 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and have unspecified other impact by predicting the cache pathname of a cached Java applet and then launching this applet from the cache, leading to applet execution within the local-machine context.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.98% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- opera/opera
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32177
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32394
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32538
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021017
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/960/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/960/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/960/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/960/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/960/
- http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/902/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31643
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2765
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45723
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00009.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32177
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32394
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32538
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021017
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/960/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/960/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/960/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/960/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/960/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.