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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-0947 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:37:31.635Z

Reserved: 2000-11-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-0960

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2000-12-19T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2000-0960

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