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> [Lynx](https://lynx.invisible-island.net/) is a text Web-Browser

We can visit local files in this browser by `file://` protocol:

```bash
file://localhost/etc/fstab
file:///etc/fstab
```

> Examples from [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_URI_scheme#Unix)

[more details](http://taqini.space/2020/04/20/WPICTF-2020-pwn-linux-wp/#LynxVE-50pt)

Original writeup (http://taqini.space/2020/04/20/WPICTF-2020-pwn-linux-wp/#LynxVE-50pt).