CVE-2021-31198 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01628.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Exchange Server

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2013:cumulative_update_23::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_19::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_20::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2019:cumulative_update_8::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2019:cumulative_update_9::::::

No data.

No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-18111	Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-31198
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-894/

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-94

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-05-11T19:11:39.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-28T20:55:39.432Z

Reserved: 2021-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-31198

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T22:55:53.241Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-11T19:15:10.257

Modified: 2025-02-28T21:15:17.550

Link: CVE-2021-31198

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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