CVE-2000-0960

CVE-2000-0960

Medium · published December 19, 2000

CVSS v2.0
5.0
EPSS
2%
Percentile
76.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The POP3 server in Netscape Messaging Server 4.15p1 generates different error messages for incorrect user names versus incorrect passwords, which allows remote attackers to determine valid users on the system and harvest email addresses for spam abuse.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v2.0
5.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01697 · 76.9th percentile
Published
2000-12-19T10:00Z
Affected products (3)
ProductVersionsFixed in
netscape/messaging_serverall versions—
netscape/messaging_serverall versions—
netscape/messaging_serverall versions—
References (6)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97138100426121&w=2 · [email protected]http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1787 · [email protected]https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5364 · [email protected]http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97138100426121&w=2 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1787 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5364 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 JAN 05:00Z
    The POP3 server in Netscape Messaging Server 4.15p1 generates different error messages for incorrect user names versus incorrect passwords, which allows remote…
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