Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0817

Title: Lynx allows remote specification of command-line parameters for external programs

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-1999-0817.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Sep 15, 1999

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.10%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0817: Lynx WWW client allows a remote attacker to specify command-line parameters which Lynx uses when calling external programs to handle certain protocols, e.g. telnet.

Impacted Vendors

university_of_kansas 1

lynx_project 1

invisible-island 1

Reference Links

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0817 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0817

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0817 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 15, 1999 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.