CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-4690

10.0 HIGH Published 2008-10-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-10-22
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Affected configurations

• lynx lynx (<= 2.8.6) • lynx lynx 2.8.1 • lynx lynx 2.8.2 • lynx lynx 2.8.3 • lynx lynx 2.8.4 • lynx lynx 2.8.5 • lynx lynx 2.8.6

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