CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1139

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Opera 8 Beta 3 displays the Organizational information of an SSL certificate when using first-generation vetted digital certificates, which is easily spoofed and can facilitate phishing attacks.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can spoof an SSL certificate to impersonate a trusted organization, increasing the risk of successful phishing and user data theft.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Opera browser to a newer version not affected by this issue and to use Extended Validation (EV) certificates.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Opera 8 Beta 3, when using first-generation vetted digital certificates, displays the Organizational information of an SSL certificate, which is easily spoofed and can facilitate phishing attacks.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS