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.
Published: 2001-09-12
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Lynx Project Lynx
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.500Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1549

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Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1549

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