Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-28480

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 … 2019

High EPSS
Published
13 April 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.71 99.4th percentile
Risk Priority 97 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2021-28480 is a critical-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Accessconfidence: HIGH
Remote code execution vulnerability in a public-facing Exchange Server directly enables exploitation of the server application.
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Executionconfidence: MEDIUM
Successful RCE on Exchange can be used to execute arbitrary commands or scripts on the compromised server.
inferred from description · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

microsoft
exchange server
2013, 2016, 2019

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References