CVE-2000-0711
Netscape Communicator does not properly prevent a ServerSocket object from being created by untrusted entities, which allows remote attackers to create a server on the victim's system via a malicious applet, as demonstrated by Brown Orifice.
- EPSS
- 34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:virtual_machine
- netscape:communicator
References
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-15.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1545
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000805020429.11774.qmail%40securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=3999922128E.EE84TAKAGI%40java-house.etl.go.jp
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-15.html