A remote attacker can read information from a Netscape user's cache via JavaScript.
Priority LOW 15Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A remote attacker can read information from a Netscape user's cache via JavaScript.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01017 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-0790
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mvw7-68fw-g45r
References
More Netscape Communicator vulnerabilities
- TI-2000-00709 Netscape Communicator does not properly prevent a ServerSocket object from being created… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2002-02160 Buffer overflow in the sun.awt.windows.WDefaultFontCharset Java class implementation in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2001-00581 Netscape Communicator before 4.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2000-00674 Netscape Communicator and Navigator 4.04 through 4.74 allows remote attackers to read… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-1999-00528 A configuration in a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2002-00577 Buffer overflow in Netscape 6 and Mozilla 1.0 RC1 and earlier allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-1999-0790 · CVE Program
- CVE-1999-0790 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mvw7-68fw-g45r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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