CVE-2000-0676

Exp

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.

Published: 2000-10-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0676 is rated High Exploit Risk (64/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 20.48%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0676

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20140 exploit_db edb 2000-08-03 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0676

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 2026-06-15 29.14% 20.48% -8.65%
2 2026-02-07 25.17% 29.14% +3.96%
3 2025-03-30 — 25.17% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0676

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0676

OS Trackers for CVE-2000-0676

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0676

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0676

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netscape communicator 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.04 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.05 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.5_beta cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.5_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.06 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.07 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.08 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 4.74 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0676

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