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CVSS
High

CVE-2022-41040

PUBLISHED

Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Exploited in the wild Used in malware Remote Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 23, Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 22, Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 11, Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 12, Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 23
Published
Oct 03, 2022
EPSS
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Description

Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

cisa malware ransomware metasploit microsoft

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 8.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2022-09-30 00:00:00 UTC · Source

Used in malware

Recorded 2022-09-30 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation
active
Automatable
No
Technical impact
total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA Sep 30, 2022

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/exchange_proxynotshell_rce.rb Apr 28, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

TaroballzChen/CVE-2022-41040-metasploit-ProxyNotShell

github · Created 2022-10-20 03:11:03 UTC · 34 stars

the metasploit script(POC) about CVE-2022-41040. Microsoft Exchange are vulnerable to a server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack. An authenticated attacker can use the vulnerability to elevate privileges.

kljunowsky/CVE-2022-41040-POC

github · Created 2022-10-09 15:27:40 UTC · 89 stars

CVE-2022-41040 - Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Microsoft Exchange Server

d3duct1v/CVE-2022-41040

github · Created 2022-10-06 01:20:32 UTC · 5 stars

Code set relating to CVE-2022-41040

r3dcl1ff/CVE-2022-41040

github · Created 2022-10-04 14:07:18 UTC · 5 stars

mitigation script for MS Exchange server vuln

numanturle/CVE-2022-41040

github · Created 2022-10-02 11:26:57 UTC · 18 stars

CVE-2022-41040 nuclei template

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • Exploit Used in Malware

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Detected by Metasploit