Vulnerability · Published Feb 25, 2021 · Assigned by microsoft

CVE-2021-1730Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing Vulnerability

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 18 from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 79% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 21.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

<p>A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Exchange Server which could result in an attack that would allow a malicious actor to impersonate the user.</p> <p>This update addresses this vulnerability.</p> <p>To prevent these types of attacks, Microsoft recommends customers to download inline images from different DNSdomains than the rest of OWA. Please see further instructions in the FAQ to put in place this mitigations.</p>

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 7 15.02.0 – before publication
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 18 15.01.0 – before publication

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