Title : Lynx Browser "lynxcgi" Feature Remote Command Injection Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2394 CVE ID : CVE-2005-2929
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-11-11
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Lynx, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to an input validation error when processing specially crafted arguments passed to the "lynxcgi", "lynxexec" and "lynxprog" URI handlers, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by convincing a user to follow a malicious link.
