CVE-2010-0024

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

10.7%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

The SMTP component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Exchange Server 2003 SP2, does not properly parse MX records, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (service outage) via a crafted response to a DNS MX record query, aka "SMTP Server MX Record Vulnerability."

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows 2000

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Published

2010-04-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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