CVE-2000-0087

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Netscape Mail Notification (nsnotify) utility in Netscape Communicator uses IMAP without SSL, even if the user has set a preference for Communicator to use an SSL connection, allowing a remote attacker to sniff usernames and passwords in plaintext.

Netscape Mail Notification (nsnotify) utility in Netscape Communicator uses IMAP without SSL, even if the user has set a preference for Communicator to use an SSL connection, allowing a remote attacker to sniff usernames and passwords in plaintext.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Netscape

First reported 25 years ago

2000-01-12 05:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:06:00

Affected Software

Netscape Communicator 4.7

4.7

Netscape Navigator

References

20000113 Misleading sense of security in Netscape

netscape-mail-notify-plaintext(4385)

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