FKIE_CVE-2000-0960

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2000-12-19 05:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97138100426121&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1787Exploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5364
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97138100426121&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1787Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5364
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
netscape messaging_server 4.15
netscape messaging_server 4.15
netscape messaging_server 4.15
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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