Vulnerability CVE-1999-1549


Published: 1999-11-16   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
University of kansas -> LYNX 

 References:
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94286509804526&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/804

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