CVE-2008-4690 describes a critical vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.6dev.15 and earlier, where enabling advanced mode and configuring Lynx as a URL handler allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands through a specially crafted lynxcgi: URL. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks requiring low complexity and no authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity and high EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:*:dev15:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.11:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:2.8.1:dev.12:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.