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CVE-2002-14051 exploit

CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request that is pr…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.0%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request that is provided on the command line, via a URL containing encoded carriage return, line feed, and other whitespace characters.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.04% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21722 Lynx 2.8.x - Command Line URL CRLF Injection · remote · 2002-08-19

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

  • mandrakesoft.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:023 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2003-030.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • trustix.net /errata/misc/2002/TSL-2002-0085-lynx-ssl.asc.txt · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_TRUSTIX, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/9887.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2003-029.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=103003793418021&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=102978118411977&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/5499 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2002/dsa-210 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

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