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HistoryOct 22, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2008-4690

2008-10-2200:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
13

CVSS2

10

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.018

Percentile

88.2%

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.

Notes

Author Note
kees advanced mode is not on by default

CVSS2

10

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.018

Percentile

88.2%