CVE-2000-0216 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook, Exchange, and Windows Messaging clients where automatic responses to Read and Delivery Receipt tags could be abused. An attacker could forge a Read Receipt request redirected to a large distribution list, potentially flooding a mail system with responses. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a potential impact of partial availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_messaging:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.