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CVE-2022-41040 Privilege escalation

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CVE Information

Original CVE data

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Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.

CWE: CWE-918
CVSS v2-
CVSS v38.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-41040
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/915563
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170066/Microsoft-Exchange-ProxyNotShell-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://www.secpod.com/blog/microsoft-november-2022-patch-tuesday-patches-65-vulnerabilities-including-6-zero-days/
Affected Vendors

Microsoft - (1)

Basic Analysis

Common vulnerability metrics

Vulnerabilty type as detected by PRIOnengine

Privilege escalation

CVSS Scores as calculated by PRIOnengine
CVSS v27.5
AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v38.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
MITRE CWE Top 25

Vulnerability weakness type is in the top 25 CWEs according to MITRE. View Mitre Top 25 CWEs

Exploits

Exploits are available either through exploit packs, Github repos or the world wide web in general.

Active Exploitation

Vulnerability is referenced under CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. See the KEV Catalog

Social Network Activity

Vulnerability is mentioned or trending in social media.

Threat Actor Activity

Vulnerability is being actively exploited by threat actors during campaigns.

Cybersecurity Frameworks

How the vulnerability maps against various cybersecurity frameworks

T1529 - System Shutdown/Reboot
T1499.004 - Endpoint Denial of Service (Application or System Exploitation)
T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution
T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter

Compliance Impact

How the submited vulnerability affects compliance

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Web Application Security Frameworks

Applicable if the issue likely affects a web application

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