CVE-2000-0960

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

19/12/2000

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:messaging_server:4.15:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:messaging_server:4.15:patch1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:messaging_server:4.15:patch2::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2000-0960

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools