CVE-1999-1357
Published Oct 5, 1999
Last updated 8 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Netscape Communicator 4.04 through 4.7 (and possibly other versions) in various UNIX operating systems converts the 0x8b character to a "<" sign, and the 0x9b character to a ">" sign, which could allow remote attackers to attack other clients via cross-site scripting (CSS) in CGI programs that do not filter these characters.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Configurations
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{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "5921E5E6-3D97-4075-B557-968340FB6E7B",
"versionEndIncluding": "4.7"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "94F9EFE4-7853-4809-8D94-03B3EFD739E5"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "918BE44C-8D64-4040-BC74-802AA3FA4E10"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]