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4.6
CVSSv2

CVE-2006-7234

Published: 27/10/2008 Updated: 11/10/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 465
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Lynx prior to 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.

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Vendor Advisories

Red Hat: Important: lynx security update
Synopsis Important: lynx security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An updated lynx package that corrects two security issues is now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 21, 3, 4, and 5This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Tea ...

Exploits

Exploit DB: Lynx 2.8 - '.mailcap'/'.mime.type' Local Code Execution
source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/31917/info Lynx is prone to a local code-execution vulnerability Successful exploits may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code within the context of the user running the affected application Versions prior to Lynx 286rel4 are affected mimetypes: application/x-bug bug mailcap: application/x- ...

References

NVD-CWE-Otherhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/25/3http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396949https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=214205http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021107http://secunia.com/advisories/32407http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31917http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0965.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32416http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:217http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33568https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46132https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9719https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0965https://nvd.nist.govhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32530/
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