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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2000-10-20

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Communicator (Netscape)

References

• 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.html
• 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/1546