CVE-2023-36778 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published: 2023-10-10

Score: 8 High

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 13

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`15.02.0`	affected	< 15.02.1258.027

Microsoft

Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 12

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`15.02.0`	affected	< 15.02.1118.039

Microsoft

Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 23

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`15.01.0`	affected	< 15.01.2507.034

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_23::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2019:cumulative_update_12::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2019:cumulative_update_13::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-40721	Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01387.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36778

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'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Exchange Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-10-10T17:08:12.082Z

Updated: 2025-04-14T22:46:43.655Z

Reserved: 2023-06-27T15:11:59.870Z

Link: CVE-2023-36778

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:01:08.672Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-10T18:15:17.523

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:10:35.043

Link: CVE-2023-36778

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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