CVE-2000-0711

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2000-10-20

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Virtual Machine (Microsoft)
• Communicator (Netscape)

References

• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-15.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1545
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000805020429.11774.qmail%40securityfocus.com
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=3999922128E.EE84TAKAGI%40java-house.etl.go.jp