01 Record
CVE-2000-1237
The POP3 server in FTGate returns an -ERR code after receiving an invalid USER request, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine valid usernames and conduct brute force password
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The POP3 server in FTGate returns an -ERR code after receiving an invalid USER request, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine valid usernames and conduct brute force password
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 67.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-23.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-07-14 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 17:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-07-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3c681143554cb7317c03391dc5545d1aa51e55608679349f1f77fb789f183904
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.com20000626 Problems with FTGatehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0282.html
- www.iss.netftgate-invalid-user-requests(4793)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/4793.php