Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0676

Title: Netscape Navigator/Communicator Java applet allows arbitrary file read

Information disclosure

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-0676

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Oct 20, 2000
Modified Date Apr 03, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
29.14%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0676: 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.

Impacted Vendors

N
netscape 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:39.netscape.asc http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0019.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0115.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0236.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0265.html http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-027.1.txt http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-15.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_60.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-054.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1546 ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:39.netscape.asc http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0019.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0115.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0236.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0265.html http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-027.1.txt http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-15.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_60.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-054.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1546
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0676 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20140
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.