CVE-1999-1002

Netscape Navigator uses weak encryption for storing a user's Netscape mail password.

Published: 2000-01-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-1002 is rated Low Risk (38.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-1002

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.22% 0.30% +0.08%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.22% -0.73%
3 2022-02-04 0.95%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-1002

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-1002

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-1002

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netscape communicator 4.7 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-1002

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