CVE-2000-0990 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in cmd5checkpw version 0.21 and earlier. Remote attackers can trigger this by sending an "SMTP AUTH" command with an unknown username. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and no community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_dabrowski:cmd5checkpw:0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_dabrowski:cmd5checkpw:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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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.