PT-2000-1198 · Microsoft · Outlook+2

Published 2000-02-29 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2000-0216

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft email clients (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns Microsoft email clients in Outlook, Exchange, and Windows Messaging. These clients automatically respond to Read Receipt and Delivery Receipt tags. An attacker could potentially flood a mail system with responses by forging a Read Receipt request that is redirected to a large distribution list.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0216

Affected Products

Exchange Server

Outlook

Windows Messaging

References · 2

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q1/0176.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0216 · Security Note