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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-1999-1549

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Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1549

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