CVE-2018-8159 (GCVE-0-2018-8159)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-09 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 06:46
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Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA) fails to properly handle web requests, aka "Microsoft Exchange Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Exchange Server.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • Elevation of Privilege
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104056 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040850 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server Affected: 2013 Cumulative Update 19
Affected: 2013 Cumulative Update 20
Affected: 2016 Cumulative Update 8
Affected: 2016 Cumulative Update 9
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Date Public
2018-05-08 00:00
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