Microsoft Outlook 98/2000 vCard denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Microsoft Outlook 98/2000. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component vCard Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2000-0756. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Outlook 98/2000 (Groupware Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component vCard Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Outlook 2000 does not properly process long or malformed fields in vCard (.vcf) files, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

The weakness was presented 10/20/2000 by mose (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0756. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5175), SecurityFocus (BID 1633†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-855†). See VDB-15895 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/31/2000 🔍
10/20/2000 +50 days 🔍
10/20/2000 +0 days 🔍
05/03/2001 +195 days 🔍
02/09/2003 +647 days 🔍
06/27/2014 +4156 days 🔍
05/09/2019 +1777 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: mose
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0756 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0756
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15898
X-Force: 5175
SecurityFocus: 1633 - Microsoft Outlook Vcard DoS Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 855 - [MS01-012] DoS in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express vCard Feature, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2014 17:27
Updated: 05/09/2019 09:13
Changes: 06/27/2014 17:27 (57), 05/09/2019 09:13 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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