CVE-2005-2929

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

18/11/2005

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

Lynx 2.8.5, and other versions before 2.8.6dev.15, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) lynxcgi:, (2) lynxexec, and (3) lynxprog links, which are not properly restricted in the default configuration in some environments.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

7.50

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.6_dev13:::::::*

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CVE-2005-2929

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools