Quantum Secular Labs / Blog / Advisories
CVE-2000-1076: Netscape (iPlanet) Certificate Management System 4.2 and Directory Server 4.12 stores the administrative…
CVE-2000-1076 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Netscape Directory Server. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
Netscape (iPlanet) Certificate Management System 4.2 and Directory Server 4.12 stores the administrative password in plaintext, which could allow local and possibly remote attackers to gain administrative privileges on the server.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
- Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
- Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
- Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
- Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
- Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.
Affected products
- Netscape Directory Server: 4.12
- Sun Iplanet Certificate Management System: 4.2