CVE-2000-0053 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS) IMAP server, allowing remote attackers to crash the service with a malformed IMAP request. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:commercial_internet_system:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:commercial_internet_system:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.