CVE-2000-0087

Medium CVSS 5

Published 2000-01-12 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0087, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0087

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N