CVE-2005-0560 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 69.5% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Heap-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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 69.48% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-05-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | exchange server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Exchange Server - Remote Code Execution (MS05-021) | 2005-04-19 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111393947713420&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14920/
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/275193
- http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=15467
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/193
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4032
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111393947713420&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14920/
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/275193
- http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=15467
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/193
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4032
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