CVE-2005-0738
Stack consumption vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP1 allows users to cause a denial of service (hang) by deleting or moving a folder with deeply nested subfolders, which causes Mic...
Affects 1 product across 1 vendor.
Software does not properly limit resource usage, allowing an attacker to exhaust CPU, memory, disk, or bandwidth.
Mapping is CWE-to-CAPEC per MITRE CAPEC 3.9.
This vulnerability was disclosed in 2005. A medium severity vulnerability affects Microsoft systems (CVE-2005-0738). No public exploit code is currently available. Isolate affected systems if patching is not feasible.
BSID: BS-2005-GLOBAL-009554-M • Model: rule-based-v1 • Confidence: MEDIUM
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| CVE ID | CVE-2005-0738 |
|---|---|
| BSID | BS-2005-GLOBAL-009554-M BreachSpider Global ID |
| CVSS Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Published | 2005-05-02 |
| Last Modified | 2026-04-16 |
| ICS Relevance | 15% |
| Weakness (CWE) | |
| Source | NVD |
Stack consumption vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP1 allows users to cause a denial of service (hang) by deleting or moving a folder with deeply nested subfolders, which causes Microsoft Exchange Information Store service (Store.exe) to hang as a result of a large number of recursive calls.
Source: NIST NVD / MITRE CVE Database
Vulnerability details: Stack consumption vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP1 allows users to cause a denial of service (hang) by deleting or moving a folder with deeply nested subfolders, which causes Microsoft Exchange Information Store service (Store.exe) to hang as a result of a large number of recursive calls. CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.
Exploitation Likelihood: LOW
| Vendor | Product | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Exchange Server | — |
| CISA KEV | Not in KEV catalog |
|---|---|
| Public Exploit | Not confirmed |
| PoC Code | Not confirmed |
SAGE Enrichment Record — provenance & audit hash
| Model | rule-based-v1 |
|---|---|
| Confidence | MEDIUM |
| Enriched At | 2026-05-24 |
| SHA-512 Audit Hash | baf7e4b475ab3a1c1211aed6e21ce6b0e4285e5a0652766e08f2a7330c6ed709fbec1c11d242e313db591e67ce963325bfde217378039177e55051f587bc87de |
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