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 to a large distribution list.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2000-02-29

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Exchange Server (Microsoft)
• Outlook (Microsoft)
• Windows Messaging (Microsoft)

References

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