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CVE-2000-0216

CVE information

Published

24 years ago

Last Modified

15 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

Microsoft email clients in Outlook, Exchange, and Windows Messaging automatically respond to Read Receipt and Delivery Receipt tags, which could allow an attacker to flood a mail system with responses by forging a Read Receipt request that is redirected to a large distribution list..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_messaging:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -