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.
References
Link Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94286509804526&w=2 Exploit Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/804 Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
History

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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2016-10-17T13:57:01

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00


Link: CVE-1999-1549

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 1999-11-16T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-02-08T20:46:41.593


Link: CVE-1999-1549

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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CWE