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CVE-2022-21855:
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Overview
Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2022-21855) was identified and disclosed on January 11, 2022. This vulnerability affects Microsoft Exchange Server systems (CVE Mitre, Rapid7).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 8.0, indicating a high severity level. The attack vector is characterized as adjacent (AV:A), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring single authentication (Au:S), and potentially resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C) (Rapid7).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security update KB5008631 to address this vulnerability (Rapid7).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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