THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-1690
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-1690

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS
6.4
EPSS
6.6%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The DNS implementation in smtpsvc.dll before 6.0.2600.5949 in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, Windows XP SP3 and earlier, Windows Server 2003 SP2 and earlier, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and earlier, Windows Server 2008 R2, Exchange Server 2003 SP3 and earlier, Exchange Server 2007 SP2 and earlier, and Exchange Server 2010 does not verify that transaction IDs of responses match transaction IDs of queries, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0024 and CVE-2010-0025.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 2000
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2010-05-07

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 integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-1690

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 2000 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-1690.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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