PT-2000-1984 · Netscape · Netscape Certificate Management System+1

Published 2000-12-11 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2000-1076

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Netscape (iPlanet) Certificate Management System version 4.2 Netscape (iPlanet) Directory Server version 4.12

Description The issue allows local and possibly remote attackers to gain administrative privileges on the server due to the storage of the administrative password in plaintext.

Recommendations For Netscape (iPlanet) Certificate Management System version 4.2, consider changing the storage mechanism of the administrative password to a more secure method. For Netscape (iPlanet) Directory Server version 4.12, consider changing the storage mechanism of the administrative password to a more secure method. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-1076

Affected Products

Netscape Certificate Management System

Netscape Directory Server

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1076 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0383.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5422 · Note