CVE-2008-4690
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-4690 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-10-22 18:00:01 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | lynx 2.8.6dev.15 and earlier, when advanced mode is enabled and lynx is configured as a URL handler, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lynxcgi: URL, a related issue to CVE-2005-2929. NOTE: this might only be a vulnerability in limited deployments that have defined a lynxcgi: handler. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.10 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.11 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.12 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.13 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.14 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.15 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.16 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.17 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.18 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.19 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.2 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.20 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.21 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.22 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.23 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.24 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.26 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.27 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.28 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.29 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.3 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.4 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.5 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.6 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.7 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.8 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | dev.9 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | pre.1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | pre.10 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | pre.11 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | pre.2 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | pre.3 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | pre.4 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | pre.5 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | pre.6 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | pre.7 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | pre.8 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | pre.9 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | rel.1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.1 | rel.2 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.10 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.11 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.12 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.13 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.14 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.15 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.16 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.17 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.18 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.19 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.2 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.20 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.21 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.22 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.23 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.24 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.25 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.26 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.3 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.4 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.5 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.6 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.7 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.8 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | dev.9 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | pre.1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | pre.10 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | pre.11 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | pre.2 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | pre.3 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | pre.4 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | pre.5 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | pre.6 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | pre.7 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | pre.8 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | pre.9 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.2 | rel.1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.10 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.11 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.12 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.13 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.14 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.15 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.16 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.17 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.18 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.19 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.2 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.20 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.21 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.22 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.23 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.3 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.4 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.5 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.6 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.7 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.8 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | dev.9 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | pre1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | pre2 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | pre3 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | pre4 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | pre5 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | pre6 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | pre7 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | pre8 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.3 | rel1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev10 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev11 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev12 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev13 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev14 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev15 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev16 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev17 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev18 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev19 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev2 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev20 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev21 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev3 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev4 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev5 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev6 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev7 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev8 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | dev9 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | pre.1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | pre.2 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | pre.3 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | pre.4 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | pre.5 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.4 | rel.1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.10 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.11 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.12 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.13 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.14 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.15 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.16 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.17 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.2 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.3 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.4 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.5 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.6 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.7 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.8 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | dev.9 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | pre.1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | pre.2 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | pre.3 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | pre.4 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | pre.5 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.5 | rel.1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev1 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev10 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev11 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev12 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev13 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev14 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev2 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev3 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev4 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev5 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev6 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev7 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev8 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | 2.8.6 | dev9 | All | All |
| Application | Lynx | Lynx | All | dev15 | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: lynx-2.8.6-12.fc8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:218 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Lynx 'lynxcgi:' URL Handler Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Red Hat update for lynx - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Vendor Advisory |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: lynx-2.8.6-17.fc9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Security Advisory SA32967 - Fedora update for lynx - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:217 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| oss-security - lynx lynxcgi handler flaw | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:002 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.