Description
Netscape Communicator does not properly prevent a ServerSocket object from being created by untrusted entities, which allows remote attackers to create a server on the victim's system via a malicious applet, as demonstrated by Brown Orifice.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Sun JDK 1.1.x / Sun JRE 1.1.x - Listening Socket EDB-20139 · remote · Aug 3, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20000816 JDK 1.1.x Listening Socket Vulnerability (was Re: BrownOrifice can break firewalls!) mailing-list
- 1545 vdb-entry
- CA-2000-15 third-party-advisory
- 20000805 Dangerous Java/Netscape Security Hole mailing-list