Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness
The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016 (including) | 2016 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_1 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_1 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_10 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_10 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_11 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_11 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_12 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_12 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_13 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_13 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_14 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_14 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_15 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_15 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_16 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_16 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_17 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_17 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_18 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_18 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_19 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_19 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_2 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_2 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_20 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_20 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_21 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_21 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_22 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_22 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_3 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_3 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_4 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_4 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_5 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_5 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_6 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_6 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_7 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_7 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_8 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_8 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2016-cumulative_update_9 (including) | 2016-cumulative_update_9 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2019 (including) | 2019 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2019-cumulative_update_1 (including) | 2019-cumulative_update_1 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2019-cumulative_update_10 (including) | 2019-cumulative_update_10 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2019-cumulative_update_11 (including) | 2019-cumulative_update_11 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2019-cumulative_update_2 (including) | 2019-cumulative_update_2 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2019-cumulative_update_3 (including) | 2019-cumulative_update_3 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2019-cumulative_update_4 (including) | 2019-cumulative_update_4 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2019-cumulative_update_5 (including) | 2019-cumulative_update_5 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2019-cumulative_update_6 (including) | 2019-cumulative_update_6 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2019-cumulative_update_7 (including) | 2019-cumulative_update_7 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2019-cumulative_update_8 (including) | 2019-cumulative_update_8 (including) |
| Exchange_server | Microsoft | 2019-cumulative_update_9 (including) | 2019-cumulative_update_9 (including) |
Potential Mitigations
Common protection mechanisms include:
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid [REF-1482].
Consider using libraries with authentication capabilities such as OpenSSL or the ESAPI Authenticator. [REF-45]
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/16.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/49.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/560.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/565.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/600.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/652.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/653.html