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TI-2001-00878 Aliases CVE-2001-0921GHSA-rqf5-6ph5-4rxj

Netscape 4.79 and earlier for MacOS allows an attacker with access to the browser to…

Priority LOW 12Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
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 4.79 and earlier for MacOS allows an attacker with access to the browser to obtain passwords from form fields by printing the document into which the password has been typed, which is printed in cleartext.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00614 49th 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 · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:macos:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.77VulnerableNetscape
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:macos:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.77 Vulnerable ·Netscape

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-0921
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rqf5-6ph5-4rxj

References

Other 2

  • 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
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Sources

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