Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-4690

RCE

Title: Lynx RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-4690.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Oct 22, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.06%

Vulnerability Summary

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

Impacted Vendors

I
invisible-island 1
L
lynx 1
U
university_of_kansas 1
L
lynx_project 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32416 http://secunia.com/advisories/32967 http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:217 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:218 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/09/2 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0965.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021105 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46228 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11204 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00066.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00143.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32416 http://secunia.com/advisories/32967 http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:217 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:218 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/09/2 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0965.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021105 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46228 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11204 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00066.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00143.html
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-2008-4690 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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.