7.8

CVE-1999-1549

Exploit

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.

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Lynx ProjectLynx Version2.7
Lynx ProjectLynx Version2.8
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.21% 0.405
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd@nist.gov 5 10 2.9
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE-346 Origin Validation Error

The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.