VDB
CVE-2008-4690
CVE-2008-4690
PUBLISHED
CVSS 10 CRITICAL
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.
EPSS 17.54% · 95.2th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
10
EPSS Score
17.54%
95.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | * |
| lynx | lynx | 0, 2.8.1, 2.8.1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- FEDORA-2008-9597 (circl)
- RHSA-2008:0965 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20081009 lynx lynxcgi handler flaw (circl)
- 32967 (circl)
- MDVSA-2008:218 (circl)
- SUSE-SR:2009:002 (circl)
- FEDORA-2008-9550 (circl)
- 33568 (circl)
- lynx-lynxcgi-code-execution(46228) (circl)
- MDVSA-2008:217 (circl)
…and 3 more exploits
Timeline
- Oct 22, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- FEDORA-2008-9597 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0965 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081009 lynx lynxcgi handler flaw mailing-list
- 32967 third-party-advisory
- MDVSA-2008:218 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2009:002 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-9550 vendor-advisory
- 33568 third-party-advisory
- lynx-lynxcgi-code-execution(46228) vdb
- MDVSA-2008:217 vendor-advisory
- 1021105 vdb
- 32416 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11204 vdb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4690 advisory