CVE-2022-41080 (GCVE-0-2022-41080)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-11-09 00:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:15
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/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 2016 Cumulative Update 23 Version: 15.01.0   < 15.01.2507.016
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
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Date added: 2023-01-10

Due date: 2023-01-31

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Known

Notes: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41080; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41080

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