CVE-2000-0409

medium

Description

Netscape 4.73 and earlier follows symlinks when it imports a new certificate, which allows local users to overwrite files of the user importing the certificate.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1201

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0126.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2000-05-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00086