CVE-2008-4690
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.06% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- lynx/lynx
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32416Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:217
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:218
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/09/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0965.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021105
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46228
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11204
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00066.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00143.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32416Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:217
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:218
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/09/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0965.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021105
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46228
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11204
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00066.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00143.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.