CVEs / CVE-2005-0560
CVE-2005-0560: n/a n/a vulnerability
- high 7.5 CVSS 2.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 72.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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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.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 9 Nov 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 2.0 | 7.5 highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
References
- CVE-2005-0560 on NVD
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111393947713420&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14920/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/275193 Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=15467 Broken Link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/193 Broken Link
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-021 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4032 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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