CVE-2000-0216

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-03-22 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Exchange Server: all versions
Microsoft Outlook: all versions
Microsoft Windows Messaging: all versions

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q1/0176.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q1/0176.html

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