iDEFENSE Security Advisory 05.12.04: Exploitation of an input validation vulnerability within Opera Software ASA.'s Opera Web Browser could allow remote attackers to create or truncate arbitrary files. The problem specifically exists within the telnet URI handler. Opera does not check for '-' at the beginning of hostname passed through the handler, which lets options pass to the telnet program, allowing file creation or overwriting.
88a3986f22d8cc48d56d3b3bad13399d7e191cf92cee76f2c337819dcbe15f61