security flaw
Published Oct 13, 2000
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 20.48%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.0
- 4.04
- 4.05
- 4.5
- 4.5_beta
- 4.06
- 4.6
- 4.07
- 4.08
- 4.51
- 4.61
- 4.72
- 4.73
- 4.74
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following product: - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:054 (2000-08-18)
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 20.48% (0.20485) | 97.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 20.48% (0.20485) | 97.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 29.14% (0.29136) | 96.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 25.17% (0.25173) | 95.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 34.15% (0.34146) | 95.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 25.17% (0.25173) | 95.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.53% (0.02525) | 89.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 1.07% (0.01066) | 83.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.30% (0.01299) | 83.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (14)
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:39.netscape.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0019.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0115.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0236.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0265.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-027.1.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-15.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_60.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-054.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1546 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0676 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616501 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0676
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0676
Change history (0)
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