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Unscored CVE-1999-1549 EUVD-1999-1530GHSA-cgjq-p4q9-cfj7

Lynx 2.x does not properly distinguish between internal and external HTML, which may allow a local attacker to read a "secure" hidden form …

Published Sep 12, 2001 · Updated Aug 1, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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.

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