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.
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 1999-11-15 21:00

Updated : 2016-10-17 19:05


NVD link : CVE-1999-1549

Mitre link : CVE-1999-1549


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Products Affected

university_of_kansas

  • lynx