Description
Netscape 4.73 and earlier does not properly warn users about a potentially invalid certificate if the user has previously accepted the certificate for a different web site, which could allow remote attackers to spoof a legitimate web site by compromising that site's DNS information.
Published: 2000-10-13
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-0514 Netscape 4.73 and earlier does not properly warn users about a potentially invalid certificate if the user has previously accepted the certificate for a different web site, which could allow remote attackers to spoof a legitimate web site by compromising that site's DNS information.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:30.563Z

Reserved: 2000-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0517

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-05-26T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2000-0517

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