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TI-2000-00674 Aliases CVE-2000-0676GHSA-whp4-v3p7-5mch

Netscape Communicator and Navigator 4.04 through 4.74 allows remote attackers to read…

Priority MEDIUM 42Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
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

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.20485 97th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 14

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableNetscape
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.04VulnerableNetscape
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.05VulnerableNetscape
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5VulnerableNetscape
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5_betaVulnerableNetscape
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.06VulnerableNetscape
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6VulnerableNetscape
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.07VulnerableNetscape
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.08VulnerableNetscape
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.51VulnerableNetscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Netscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.04 Vulnerable ·Netscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.05 Vulnerable ·Netscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5 Vulnerable ·Netscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5_beta Vulnerable ·Netscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.06 Vulnerable ·Netscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6 Vulnerable ·Netscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.07 Vulnerable ·Netscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.08 Vulnerable ·Netscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.51 Vulnerable ·Netscape
Show 4 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.61VulnerableNetscape
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.72VulnerableNetscape
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.73VulnerableNetscape
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.74VulnerableNetscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.61 Vulnerable ·Netscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.72 Vulnerable ·Netscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.73 Vulnerable ·Netscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.74 Vulnerable ·Netscape

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2000-0676
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-whp4-v3p7-5mch

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 4

  • 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-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
  • TI-1999-00435 The byte code verifier component of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) allows remote execution through malicious web pages. CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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