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.
Published: 2000-07-12
Score: 3.7 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-0408 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:14:21.541Z

Reserved: 2000-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0409

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Status : Modified

Published: 2000-05-10T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0409

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