CVE-1999-0809
MediumExploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk69th percentile - higher than 69% of all known CVEs
Summary
Netscape Communicator 4.x with JavaScript enabled does not warn a user of cookie settings, even if they have selected the option 'Only accept cookies originating from the same server as the page being viewed'.
Risk Assessment
The lack of warning about cookie settings may lead to unintended acceptance of cookies from other servers, increasing the risk of user privacy breaches.
Recommendation
It is recommended to disable JavaScript in Netscape Communicator 4.x or to switch to a newer browser that better manages cookie settings.
Other vulnerabilities in Netscape Communicator 4.x
See all- CVE-2000-0087Medium
The Netscape Mail Notification (nsnotify) utility in Netscape Communicator uses IMAP without SSL, even if the user has set a preference for SSL connections. This allows a remote attacker to sniff usernames and passwords in plaintext.
- CVE-1999-0892Medium
There is a buffer overflow in Netscape Communicator before version 4.7 caused by a dynamic font whose length field is less than the size of the font.
- CVE-1999-1226Low
Netscape Communicator 4.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long certificate key.
- CVE-1999-1357High
Netscape Communicator versions 4.04 through 4.7 (and possibly other versions) on various UNIX operating systems converts the 0x8b character to a '<' sign and the 0x9b character to a '>' sign, which could allow remote attackers to perform cross-site scripting (CSS) attacks in CGI programs that do not filter these characters.
- CVE-1999-0685Medium
Buffer overflow in Netscape Communicator occurs via EMBED tags in the pluginspage option.
- CVE-1999-0762Low
A vulnerability in Netscape Communicator allows a remote attacker to use the 'about' protocol to gain access to browser information when JavaScript is embedded within the TITLE tag.
Original NVD description (English source)
Netscape Communicator 4.x with Javascript enabled does not warn a user of cookie settings, even if they have selected the option to "Only accept cookies originating from the same server as the page being viewed".
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS