Vulnerability CVE-2000-0216


Published: 2000-02-29   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> Exchange server 
Microsoft -> Outlook 
Microsoft -> Windows messaging 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q1/0176.html

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