cve-2022-21978
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-05-10 20:33
Modified
2025-01-02 18:58
Severity ?
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21978
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21978Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 22 Version: 15.0.0   < 15.01.2375.028
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   Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 11 Version: 15.02.0   < 15.02.0986.026
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   Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 23 Version: 15.00.0   < 15.00.1497.36
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   Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 23 Version: 15.01.0   < 15.01.2507.009
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   Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 12 Version: 15.02.0   < 15.02.1118.009
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