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Re: Dangerous Java/Netscape Security Hole

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Art Savelev)
Tue Aug 8 03:14:29 2000

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Date:         Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:19:08 -0400
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From: Art Savelev <asavelev@ENI-NET.NET>
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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
>
> Thomas Kuiper    | tkuiper@tobit.com         | www.tobit.com     __
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> To: dan=security@BRUMLEVE.COM
>     BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM

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