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CVE-2021-28482:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2021-28482) was identified and recorded on March 15, 2021. This vulnerability affects Microsoft Exchange Server systems (CVE Mitre).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS severity score of 9.0, indicating a critical severity level with network vector (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), and requiring single authentication (Au:S). The vulnerability can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C) (Rapid7).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an attacker to achieve complete compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Rapid7).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security update KB5001779 to address this vulnerability (Rapid7).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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