CVE-1999-1357

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

05/10/1999

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

Netscape Communicator 4.04 through 4.7 (and possibly other versions) in various UNIX operating systems converts the 0x8b 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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

7.50

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator::::::::		4.7 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.04:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.51:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-1999-1357

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools