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CVE-1999-1002
Netscape Navigator uses weak encryption for storing a user's Netscape mail password.
Medium5.0EPSS 0.78%
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Description
Netscape Navigator uses weak encryption for storing a user's Netscape mail password.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.78% · top 44% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 19991220 Netscape password scrambling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.rstcorp.com/news/bad-crypto.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 19991216 Reinventing the wheel (aka "Decoding Netscape Mail passwords") (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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