CVE-2000-0960
Low
No strong exploitation signal.
CVSS base
5.0
MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
1.7%
76.2th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
—
Published 2000-12-19 · modified 2026-09-23
CVSS breakdown
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Authentication | N | None |
| Confidentiality | P | Partial |
| Integrity | N | None |
| Availability | N | None |
Timeline
- 2000-12-19 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-23 — Last modified (NVD)
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.
Affected
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97138100426121&w=2
- exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1787
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5364
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97138100426121&w=2
- exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1787
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5364