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CVE-1999-1549

Lynx 2.x does not properly distinguish between internal and external HTML, which may allow a local attacker to read a "secure" hidden form value from a temporary file and craft a LYNXOPTIONS: URL that causes Lynx to modify the user's configuration file and execute commands.

Published

1999-11-16T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-346

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	lynx_project	lynx	2.7	Yes
Application	lynx_project	lynx	2.8	Yes

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94286509804526&w=2 Exploit, Mailing List ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/804 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94286509804526&w=2 Exploit, Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/804 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)