CVE-2000-0216
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:Feb 29, 2000
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Mar 22, 2000
EPSS Score:0.13016
CVSS Score:5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Exchange Server
Microsoft
Exchange Server
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Outlook
Microsoft
Outlook
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Messaging
Microsoft
Windows Messaging
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
