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CVE-1999-1549

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 1999-11-16 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Lynx Project Lynx

Weakness Type

CWE-346

References