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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2008-4690 json

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 arb…

published 2008-10-22 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4670

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.1%
EPSS 5.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • lynx RHEL 2.1 2.8.4-18.1.3
  • lynx RHEL 3 2.8.5-11.3
  • lynx RHEL 4 2.8.5-18.2.el4_7.1
  • lynx RHEL 5 2.8.5-28.1.el5_2.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0965

  • lynx openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.8.8rel.2-4.13

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10329-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-4690 updated cvss 7.5

lynx: remote arbitrary command execution via a crafted lynxcgi: URL

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 lynx 2.8.5-11.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) lynx 2.8.5-28.1.el5_2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 lynx 2.8.4-18.1.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 lynx 2.8.5-11.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 lynx 2.8.5-18.2.el4_7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) lynx 2.8.5-28.1.el5_2.1
    +8 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 lynx 2.8.5-18.2.el4_7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 lynx 2.8.4-18.1.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 lynx 2.8.5-11.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 lynx 2.8.5-18.2.el4_7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 lynx 2.8.4-18.1.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 lynx 2.8.5-11.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 lynx 2.8.5-18.2.el4_7.1 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 lynx 2.8.4-18.1.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0965

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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