CVE-2000-1006

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Score
10.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 7% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
P
Published: December 11, 2000 (9285 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 does not properly handle a MIME header with a blank charset specified, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a charset="" command, aka the "Malformed MIME Header" vulnerability.

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

microsoft exchange server

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com