Bugtraq: Re: Dangerous Java/Netscape Security Hole

[Art Savelev <asavelev () ENI-NET NET>]

Doesn't work in Mozilla M16, kills Netscape 6 Preview 1 (which is M15
look at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/milestones/ ).
Works in 4.74 though. ;-)

Tested on W2K Pro, no SP1.


tkuiper () TOBIT COM wrote:

> which versions are affected, even Netscape 6 PRE?
>
> Best Regards,
> Thomas
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Dangerous Java/Netscape Security Hole (07-Aug-2000 9:35)
> From:    dan=security () BRUMLEVE COM
> To:      tkuiper () TOBIT COM
>
> Dear BugTraq,
>
> I've found some security holes in Java and Netscape
> that allow arbitrary network access and read-access
> for local files and directories.  As a demonstration
> I've written Brown Orifice HTTPD, a web server and file
> sharing tool that runs in Netscape Communicator on all
> tested platforms.  For more information, see:
>
> http://www.brumleve.com/BrownOrifice
>
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> To: dan=security () BRUMLEVE COM
>     BUGTRAQ () SECURITYFOCUS COM
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