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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…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.88%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.88% · top 41% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- [oss-security] 20081025 CVE request: lynx (old) .mailcap handling flaw (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 31917 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9719 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=214205 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0965 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1021107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 32407 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 33568 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:217 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396949 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- lynx-mailcap-mimetype-code-execution(46132) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 32416 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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