Vulnerability in Netscape Communicator

CVE-1999-0174

The view-source CGI program allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.069 (93.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-1999-0174: held from 0.069 to 0.069.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.069 · newest: 0.069 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0174?
CVE-1999-0174 is a vulnerability in Netscape Communicator. Published 1997-02-01.
Is CVE-1999-0174 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.