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CVE-2017-8621

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8621 describes an open redirect vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2013 SP3/CU16, and Exchange Server 2016 CU5. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) allows an attacker to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially leading to spoofing and information disclosure. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and has low impact on confidentiality and integrity. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is reported, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of the issue.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2010:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2013:cumulative_update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0317 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 16
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2017-Jul/CVE-2017-8621Moderate

Microsoft Exchange Open Redirect Vulnerability

Jul 11, 2017

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8621
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99533
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038852
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry