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CVE-1999-0142

Affected software2 products, listed below
Severity7.5 High CVSS 2.0
Published1 Mar 1996
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

The Java Applet Security Manager implementation in Netscape Navigator 2.0 and Java Developer's Kit 1.0 allows an applet to connect to arbitrary hosts.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 30 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.6% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read
Finding This CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd netscape navigator generic any version
nvd sun java generic any version

References

URLTags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0142

Timeline

Published1996-03-01By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.