CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0676

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2000-10-20 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2000-10-20
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

Affected configurations

• netscape communicator 4.0 • netscape communicator 4.04 • netscape communicator 4.05 • netscape communicator 4.5 • netscape communicator 4.5 beta • netscape communicator 4.06 • netscape communicator 4.6 • netscape communicator 4.07 • netscape communicator 4.08 • netscape communicator 4.51 • netscape communicator 4.61 • netscape communicator 4.72 • netscape communicator 4.73 • netscape communicator 4.74

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