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CVE-2023-21745 (GCVE-0-2023-21745)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-10 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-28 21:14
VLAI
Title
Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing Vulnerability
Summary
Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing Vulnerability
Severity
8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-28 20:23 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2023-01-10 08:00
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