CVE-1999-1549

CVSS 7.8 - HIGH

Description

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.

Affected Products

2

Vendor	Product	Version
lynx_project	lynx	`2.7`
lynx_project	lynx	`2.8`

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94286509804526&w=2

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/804

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94286509804526&w=2

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/804

Weakness Types

CWE-346

CVE Information

CVE ID:: CVE-1999-1549
Published:: 1999-11-16
Modified:: 2025-04-03
CVSS Score:: 7.8
Severity:: HIGH
Vector:: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Vendors

lynx_project

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CVSS Severity Scale

0.0 - 3.9 LOW

4.0 - 6.9 MEDIUM

7.0 - 8.9 HIGH

9.0 - 10.0 CRITICAL