CVE-2018-8581 (GCVE-0-2018-8581)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-14 01:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45
VLAI?
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Exchange Server, aka "Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Exchange Server.
Severity ?
7.4 (High)
CWE
- Elevation of Privilege
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Microsoft | Microsoft Exchange Server |
Affected:
2010
Affected: 2013 Affected: 2016 Affected: 2019 |
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Nomenclature
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