Lynx Command Line URL CRLF Injection

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1736

Synopsis

The remote host is using Lynx as a web browser.

Description

The remote host is using Lynx as a web browser. The version used is vulnerable to a command line header injection which may allow an attacker to use Lynx to send potentially harmful requests. An attacker may use this flaw to attack third party hosts even from a limited (ie: lynx-only) environment.

Solution

No solution is known at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 1736

Family: Web Clients

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:lynx:lynx

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1405

BID: 5499

Detections

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