Security Advisory
CVE-1999-1549
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
November 16, 1999
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory