PT-1996-1030 · Oracle+1 · Java Applet Security Manager+2

Published 1996-03-01 · Updated 2022-08-17 · CVE-1999-0142

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Netscape Navigator version 2.0 Java Developer's Kit version 1.0

Description The issue concerns the Java Applet Security Manager implementation, which allows an applet to connect to arbitrary hosts.

Recommendations For Netscape Navigator version 2.0, consider disabling Java applets until a patch is available. For Java Developer's Kit version 1.0, restrict the functionality of the Java Applet Security Manager to prevent connections to arbitrary hosts.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0142

Affected Products

Java Applet Security Manager

Java Developer'S Kit

Netscape Navigator

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0142 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0142 · Note