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CVE-2000-0087

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-01-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Netscape Communicator: 4.7
• Netscape Navigator: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94790377622943&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/4385.php
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94790377622943&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/4385.php

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