CVE-1999-1549 describes a critical vulnerability in Lynx 2.x where the browser fails to properly differentiate between internal and external HTML. This flaw allows a local attacker to read sensitive hidden form values from temporary files and manipulate the user's configuration by crafting a malicious LYNXOPTIONS: URL, potentially leading to arbitrary command execution. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lynx_project:lynx:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lynx_project:lynx:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.