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.
Published:Dec 19, 2000
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Jan 22, 2001
EPSS Score:0.00861
CVSS Score:5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Netscape
Product
Messaging Server
Netscape
Messaging Server
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
