CVE-2024-49040 is a high-severity spoofing vulnerability affecting Microsoft Exchange Server. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve high integrity impact over a network with low attack complexity. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating strong interest and potential for future exploitation. Microsoft has re-released updates addressing this flaw after initial issues with mail delivery.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_11:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_12:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.