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Lynx 2.x does not properly distinguish between internal...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 8, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 16, 1999
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022
Last updated Feb 8, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.045%
(17th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-1999-1549

GHSA ID

GHSA-cgjq-p4q9-cfj7

Source code

No known source code

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