01 Record
CVE-2008-4690
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-22 17:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0fdd62ff4ec41db670a2294ad17963f62500271f2c7767b33aba7111dafe2a27
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-9597https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00143.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0965http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0965.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081009 lynx lynxcgi handler flawhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/09/2
- secunia.com32967http://secunia.com/advisories/32967
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:218http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:218
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-9550https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00066.html
- secunia.com33568http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlynx-lynxcgi-code-execution(46228)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46228
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:217http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:217
- www.securitytracker.com1021105http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021105
- secunia.com32416http://secunia.com/advisories/32416
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11204https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11204