# 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 arbi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-10-22 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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 to CVE-2005-2929. NOTE: this might only be a vulnerability in limited deployments that have defined a lynxcgi: handler.

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## References

- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00143.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0965.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/09/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32967
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:218
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00066.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46228
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:217
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021105
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32416
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11204

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