CVE-2022-41040 (GCVE-0-2022-41040)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-10-03 00:00
Modified
2025-07-30 01:37
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
CWE
  • Elevation of Privilege
Summary
Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
References
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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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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