Netscape Communicator does not properly prevent a ServerSocket object from being created by untrusted entities, which allows remote attackers to create a server on the victim's system via a malicious applet, as demonstrated by Brown Orifice.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:28:40.763Z

Reserved: 2000-09-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-0711

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-10-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:33:07.183

Link: CVE-2000-0711

cve-icon Redhat

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