VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1549

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability0.57%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published1999-11-16

Last modified2026-06-16

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-346

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List
cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory