Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Microsoft Exchange Server - CVE-2023-36744

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Microsoft Exchange Server - CVE-2023-36744

Published: September 12, 2023 / Updated: September 14, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80667
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36744
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Exchange Server

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the DumpDataReader class. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-36744

Install updates from vendor's website.

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