CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0711

7.5 HIGH 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])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Netscape Communicator does not properly prevent a ServerSocket object from being created by untrusted entities, which allows remote attackers to create a server on the victim's system via a malicious applet, as demonstrated by Brown Orifice.

Affected configurations

• microsoft virtual machine 2000 • microsoft virtual machine 3100 • microsoft virtual machine 3200 • microsoft virtual machine 3300 • netscape communicator 4.0 • netscape communicator 4.04 • netscape communicator 4.05 • netscape communicator 4.5 • netscape communicator 4.06 • netscape communicator 4.6 • netscape communicator 4.07 • netscape communicator 4.7 • 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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