CVE-2006-7234 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2006-7234

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Lynx before 2.8.6rel.4 allows local...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

lynx
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.8.3, 2.8.4, 2.8.5, 2.8.6

Timeline

Official Publish: October 27th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.