Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-7234

RCE

Title: Lynx RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-7234

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 27, 2008

Modified Date Apr 09, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.88%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-7234: Untrusted search path vulnerability in Lynx before 2.8.6rel.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via malicious (1) .mailcap and (2) mime.types files in the current working directory.

Impacted Vendors

university_of_kansas 1

lynx_project 1

invisible-island 1

lynx 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396949 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32407 http://secunia.com/advisories/32416 http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:217 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/25/3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0965.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31917 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021107 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=214205 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46132 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9719 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396949 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32407 http://secunia.com/advisories/32416 http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:217 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/25/3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0965.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31917 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021107 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=214205 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46132 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9719

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-7234 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32530

View Code

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 27, 2008 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.