CVE-2008-4690

CVE-2008-4690 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

lynx 2.8.6dev.15 and earlier, when advanced mode is enabled and lynx is configured as a URL handler, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lynxcgi: URL, a related issue to CVE-2005-2929. NOTE: this might only be a vulnerability in limited deployments that have defined a lynxcgi: handler.

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