CVE-2000-0711

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
7.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 8% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: October 20, 2000 (9337 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft virtual machinenetscape communicator

References

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