CVE-2006-7234

published 2008-10-27

CVE-2006-7234: Untrusted search path vulnerability in Lynx before 2.8.6rel.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via malicious (1) .mailcap and (2) mime.types files…

Priority P4 21 medium 4.6 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Lynx before 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.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	lynx	—	—
lynx	lynx	<= 2.8.6	—
lynx	lynx	—	—
lynx	lynx	—	—
lynx	lynx	—	—
lynx	lynx	—	—
lynx	lynx	—	—
lynx	lynx	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vendor_debian 4.6 LOW

vendor_redhat 4.6 MEDIUM

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