CVE-1999-1549
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 12, 2001 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLynx
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Lynx· Lynx Projectrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94286509804526&w=2VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkExploitThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/804CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-346
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