CVE-1999-1549

Lynx 2.x is affected by CVE-1999-1549 due to not distinguishing internal vs external HTML. This can permit a local attacker to read a hidden, secure form value from a temporary file and craft a LYNXOPTIONS URL that causes Lynx to modify the user’s configuration file and execute commands. The PT S...

CVE-1999-1549

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...