CVE-2001-0280 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the MERCUR SMTP server version 3.30, affecting Atrium Software's product. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the vulnerable server by sending an excessively long EXPN command. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a high-severity threat with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not observed in active exploitation campaigns (KEV), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its potential for abuse, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atrium_software:mercur:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.