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CVE-2002-0055

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0055 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the SMTP service in Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, and Exchange 2000. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a malformed BDAT request, leading to service disruption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and requires no authentication, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2000:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2000:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
34.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3469 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-012
PatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A30
Third Party Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/8307.php
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/4204
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry