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CVE-2006-7040

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-7040 describes an unspecified vulnerability in MERCUR Messaging 2005 prior to Service Pack 4, where a remote attacker can trigger a denial of service by sending a TOP command to the POP3 service, causing the application to crash. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating it is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no authentication required, leading to a complete loss of availability. Despite its high severity, there is no known exploit code available in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it shows minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not actively exploited or widely recognized.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0_sp3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atrium_software:mercur_messaging_2005:5.0_sp3:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
5.0_sp3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atrium_software:mercur_messaging_2005:5.0_sp3:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
5.0_sp3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atrium_software:mercur_messaging_2005:5.0_sp3:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/20432
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27232
atrium-software.com / download/McrReadMe_EN.html
securityfocus.com / bid/18462
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2354