CVE-2000-0960

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-11-24 CVE Reserved
2000-12-19 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2024-08-08 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97138100426121&w=2	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5364	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1787	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Messaging Server Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Messaging Server"				4.15 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Messaging Server" and version "4.15"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Messaging Server Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Messaging Server"				4.15 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Messaging Server" and version "4.15"		patch1		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Messaging Server Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Messaging Server"				4.15 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Messaging Server" and version "4.15"		patch2		Affected