CVE-2000-0409

Severity

37%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

106%

Netscape 4.73 and earlier follows symlinks when it imports a new certificate, which allows local users to overwrite files of the user importing the certificate.

Netscape 4.73 and earlier follows symlinks when it imports a new certificate, which allows local users to overwrite files of the user importing the certificate.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Netscape Communicator

First reported 24 years ago

2000-05-10 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:04:00

Affected Software

Netscape Communicator 4.5

4.5

Netscape Communicator 4.6

4.6

Netscape Communicator 4.7

4.7

Netscape Communicator 4.51

4.51

Netscape Communicator 4.61

4.61

Netscape Communicator 4.72

4.72

Netscape Communicator 4.73

4.73

References

20000510 Possible symlink problems with Netscape 4.73

1201

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