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CVE-1999-0174

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1997-02-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The view-source CGI program allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Affected products

• Netscape Communicator: 4.0, 4.05, 4.5, 4.06, 4.6, 4.07 (+1)

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0174
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0174

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