CVE-1999-1549

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-346

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 16, 1999
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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