Description
Microsoft email clients in Outlook, Exchange, and Windows Messaging automatically respond to Read Receipt and Delivery Receipt tags, which could allow an attacker to flood a mail system with responses by forging a Read Receipt request that is redirected to a large distribution list.
Published: 2000-03-22
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 13.0% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-0215 Microsoft email clients in Outlook, Exchange, and Windows Messaging automatically respond to Read Receipt and Delivery Receipt tags, which could allow an attacker to flood a mail system with responses by forging a Read Receipt request that is redirected to a large distribution list.
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Microsoft Exchange Server Outlook Windows Messaging
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:05:54.073Z

Reserved: 2000-03-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0216

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-02-29T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0216

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