Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0960

Title: Messaging Server POP3 username/password error message user enumeration

User enumeration

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2000-0960.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 19, 2000

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.86%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0960: 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.

Impacted Vendors

netscape 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97138100426121&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1787 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5364 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97138100426121&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1787 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5364

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0960 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 19, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.