Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0409

Title: Netscape certificate import follows symlinks allowing file overwrite

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-0409

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 10, 2000

Modified Date Apr 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 3.7 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.20%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0409: 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.

Impacted Vendors

netscape 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0126.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1201 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0126.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1201

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

3.7

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0409 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19912

View Code

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 10, 2000 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:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.