VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2000-0676
Netscape Communicator and Navigator 4.04 through 4.74 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by using a Java applet to open a connection to a URL using the "file", "http", "https", and "ftp" protocols, as demonstrated by Brown Orifice.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 20.5%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Netscape Communicator and Navigator 4.04 through 4.74 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by using a Java applet to open a connection to a URL using the "file", "http", "https", and "ftp" protocols, as demonstrated by Brown Orifice.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 20.48% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- netscape/communicator
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:39.netscape.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0019.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0115.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0236.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0265.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-027.1.txt
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-15.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_60.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-054.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1546Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:39.netscape.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0019.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0115.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0236.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0265.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-027.1.txt
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-15.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_60.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-054.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1546Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.