cve-2022-41040
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-10-03 00:00
Modified
2025-03-11 16:10
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41040Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170066/Microsoft-Exchange-ProxyNotShell-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-41040Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/915563Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.secpod.com/blog/microsoft-november-2022-patch-tuesday-patches-65-vulnerabilities-including-6-zero-days/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 23 Version: 15.00.0   < 15.00.1497.044
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   Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 22 Version: 15.0.0   < 15.01.2375.037
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   Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 11 Version: 15.02.0   < 15.02.0986.036
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   Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 12 Version: 15.02.0   < 15.02.1118.020
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   Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 23 Version: 15.01.0   < 15.01.2507.016
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
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Date added: 2022-09-30

Due date: 2022-10-21

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Known

Notes: https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2022/09/29/customer-guidance-for-reported-zero-day-vulnerabilities-in-microsoft-exchange-server/; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41040

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