ID:8923 - Exploit for Information disclosure in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office - CVE-2023-23397

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:8923 - Exploit for Information disclosure in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office - CVE-2023-23397

ID:8923 - Exploit for Information disclosure in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office - CVE-2023-23397

Published: March 18, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU73511
Vulnerability risk: Critical
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23397
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Office

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to the application leaks the Net-NTLMv2 hash. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email to the victim and obtain the Net-NTLMv2 hash of the Windows account. The victim does not need to open the email, as the vulnerability is triggered automatically when it is retrieved and processed by the email server, e.g. before the email is viewed in the preview pane.

The obtained NTLMv2 hash can be used in the NTLM Relay attack against another service to authenticate as the user.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.