CVE-1999-1549

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-1549
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1999-11-16 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2016-10-18 02:05:00 UTC
DescriptionLynx 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.7 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.7 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Lynx Internal URL "secure" Parameter/Internal Link Verification Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
'lynx 2.8.x - 'special URLs' anti-spoofing protection is weak' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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