CVE-1999-0809 describes a privacy vulnerability in Netscape Communicator 4.x where, despite user settings, the browser fails to warn about cookie settings when JavaScript is enabled, even for cookies not originating from the same server as the viewed page. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) has a network attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure (C:P) without impacting integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.