CVE-2000-0676

mediumpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.205 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

20.5% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.04.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USLLM-inferredCWE-284USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-20140Netscape Communicator 4.x - URL Readfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
netscape communicator= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator= 4.04nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator= 4.05nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator= 4.06nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator= 4.07nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator= 4.08nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator= 4.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator= 4.51nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator= 4.5_betanvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator= 4.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator= 4.61nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator= 4.72nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator= 4.73nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator= 4.74nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2000-10-20modified 2026-06-16

references (18)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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