CVE-2000-0711 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Netscape Communicator does not properly prevent a ServerSock)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-0711 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.5 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-10-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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