CVE-2000-0676

Netscape Communicator 4.x - URL Read

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-08-03 First Exploit
2000-08-11 CVE Reserved
2000-10-13 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0019.html	Mailing List
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0115.html	Mailing List
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0236.html	Mailing List
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0265.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20140	2000-08-03
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1546	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-15.html	2008-09-10

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:39.netscape.asc	2008-09-10
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-027.1.txt	2008-09-10
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_60.html	2008-09-10
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-054.html	2008-09-10

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"				4.0 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.04 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.04"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.05 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.05"		-		Affected
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"				4.5_beta Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.5_beta"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.06 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.06"		-		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"				4.07 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.07"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.08 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.08"		-		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
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Communicator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator"				4.74 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Communicator" and version "4.74"		-		Affected