CVE-2022-41080 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is in the KEV database since Jan. 10, 2023.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Exchange Server

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2013:cumulative_update_23::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_22::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_23::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2019:cumulative_update_11::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2019:cumulative_update_12::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41080
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-41080

History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0000

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References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-41080

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000

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References	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-41080

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000

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References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-41080

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2023-01-10'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2022-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:15:31.953Z

Reserved: 2022-09-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41080

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:35:48.787Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-11-09T22:15:21.550

Modified: 2025-10-30T19:39:21.523

Link: CVE-2022-41080

Redhat

No data.

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