CVE-2005-2929
Published Nov 18, 2005
Last updated 6 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Lynx 2.8.5, and other versions before 2.8.6dev.15, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) lynxcgi:, (2) lynxexec, and (3) lynxprog links, which are not properly restricted in the default configuration in some environments.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-264
Vendor comments
- Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "CBA62F01-C6E9-4A3D-806A-AED37BF452C0"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "B95B11DF-213D-4CD0-8AFD-8978FF296481"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.6_dev13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "080A2C3A-3842-41E6-9997-AA21E0C36E64"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]