THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-0025
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-0025

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
21.5%
EPSS pct
97th
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 2000 SP3, does not properly allocate memory for SMTP command replies, which allows remote attackers to read fragments of e-mail messages by sending a series of invalid commands and then sending a STARTTLS command, aka "SMTP Memory Allocation Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 2000
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
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 confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 21.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-0025

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 2000 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-0025.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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