CVE-2005-0560

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0560
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the SvrAppendReceivedChunk function in xlsasink.dll in the SMTP service of Exchange Server 2000 and 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted X-LINK2STATE extended verb request to the SMTP port.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 - All All
Application Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 - All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/193 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xforce.iss.net Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Microsoft Exchange SMTP Service Extended Verb Request Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
'MS05-021 Microsoft Exchange X-LINK2STATE Heap Overflow PoC' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-021 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#275193 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA05-102A -- Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Components af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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