FKIE_CVE-1999-1549

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 1999-11-16 05:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94286509804526&w=2Exploit, Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/804Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94286509804526&w=2Exploit, Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/804Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
lynx_project lynx 2.7
lynx_project lynx 2.8
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  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:lynx_project:lynx:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "5F143511-3727-4D4A-89A3-226AC46394E9",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:lynx_project:lynx:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "D629A2AF-397E-4893-BE86-D396EE88482A",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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\u0027s configuration file and execute commands."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-1999-1549",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
  "metrics": {
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        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 5.0,
          "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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  "published": "1999-11-16T05:00:00.000",
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}


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