Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1033 - Denial of Service vulnerability in Outlook Express POP

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
microsoft
exploit available

Summary

Microsoft Outlook Express before 4.72.3612.1700 allows a malicious user to send a message that contains a .., which can inadvertently cause Outlook to re-enter POP3 command mode and cause the POP3 session to hang.

Exploit-Db

descriptionMicrosoft Outlook Express 4.27.3110/4.72.3120 POP Denial of Service Vulnerability. CVE-1999-1033. Dos exploit for windows platform
idEDB-ID:19207
last seen2016-02-02
modified1999-05-11
published1999-05-11
reporterMiquel van Smoorenburg
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/19207/
titleMicrosoft Outlook Express 4.27.3110/4.72.3120 POP Denial of Service Vulnerability