Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0853

Title: Netscape Enterprise/FastTrack Server HTTP Basic auth buffer overflow

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-1999-0853.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 01, 1999

Modified Date Apr 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.93%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0853: Buffer overflow in Netscape Enterprise Server and Netscape FastTrack Server allows remote attackers to gain privileges via the HTTP Basic Authentication procedure.

Impacted Vendors

netscape 2

blackberry 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/847 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/847

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0853 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 01, 1999 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.