CVE-2000-0409

Netscape Communicator 4.5/4.51/4.6/4.61/4.7/4.72/4.73 - '/tmp' Symlink

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Netscape 4.73 and earlier follows symlinks when it imports a new certificate, which allows local users to overwrite files of the user importing the certificate.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-05-10 CVE Published
2000-05-10 First Exploit
2000-06-14 CVE Reserved
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0126.html	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1201	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19912	2000-05-10

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.5 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.5"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.6 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.6"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.7 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.7"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.51 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.51"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.61 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.61"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.72 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.72"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.73 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.73"		-		Affected