CVE-2000-0409

Exp

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.

Published: 2000-05-10 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0409 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.20%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0409

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19912 exploit_db edb 2000-05-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0409

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-01 0.09% 0.20% +0.12%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.09% +0.04%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0409

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.7 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 1.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0409

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0409

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netscape communicator 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.7 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.51 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.61 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.72 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.73 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0409

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