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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94286509804526&w=2	Exploit Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/804	Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:lynx_project:lynx:2.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:lynx_project:lynx:2.8:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 1999-11-16 05:00

Updated : 2024-02-08 20:46

NVD link : CVE-1999-1549

Mitre link : CVE-1999-1549

CVE.ORG link : CVE-1999-1549

JSON object : View

Products Affected

lynx_project

lynx

CWE

CWE-346

Origin Validation Error

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