Netscape Communicator and Navigator 4.04 through 4.74 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by using a Java applet to open a…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

20.5% · top 2.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 20000804 Dangerous Java/Netscape Security Hole (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 1546 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20000810 MDKSA-2000:033 Netscape Java vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20000823 Security Hole in Netscape, Versions 4.x, possibly others (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 20000818 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - netscape (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• CSSA-2000-027.1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
• 20000821 MDKSA-2000:036 - netscape update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• CA-2000-15 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• RHSA-2000:054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 05:28 UTC.