#VU69097 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft Exchange Server - CVE-2022-41080
Published: November 8, 2022 / Updated: December 28, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69097
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41080
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerable software:
Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft Exchange Server
Software vendor:
Microsoft
Microsoft
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A remote authenticated user can escalate privileges within the Exchange server.
Note, this vulnerability is suspected to be used in a new exploit method bypasses URL rewrite mitigations for the Autodiscover endpoint provided by Microsoft in response to ProxyNotShell.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.