CVE-2006-7234
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.9% (59th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-7211)
- Published
- October 27, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-7211 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- lynx / lynx
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References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396949
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32407
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32416
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:217
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/25/3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0965.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31917
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021107
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=214205
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46132
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9719
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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