SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2000-0216

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…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 5.15%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
5.15% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/exchange server · microsoft/outlook · microsoft/windows messaging
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.