CVE-2000-0711
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.
Published:Oct 13, 2000
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Oct 13, 2000
EPSS Score:0.07452
CVSS Score:7.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Virtual Machine
Microsoft
Virtual Machine
Vendor
Netscape
Product
Communicator
Netscape
Communicator
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
