Vulnerability in Netscape Communicator
CVE-2000-0517
Netscape 4.73 and earlier does not properly warn users about a potentially invalid certificate if the user has previously accepted the certificate for a different web site, which could allow remote attackers to spoof a legitimate web site by compromising that site's DNS information.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (69.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Netscape Communicator — versions 4.0, 4.5, 4.6
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4550 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1260 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-08.html (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)