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CVE-2008-4690

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
22/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:*:dev15:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.8.6 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.13:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.14:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.15:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.16:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.17:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.18:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.19:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.20:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.21:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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