Microsoft Exchange Server
CVE-2018-8581 — Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Executive Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Exchange Server. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could attempt to impersonate any other user of the Exchange server. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would need to execute a man-in-the-middle attack to forward an authentication request to a Microsoft Exchange Server, thereby allowing impersonation of another Exchange user. To address this vulnerability, a registry value which enables NTLM authentication on the network loopback adapter needs to be removed. Future cumulative updates will ensure that this registry setting is configured correctly during installation of the cumulative update.
Overview
Important
MS Severity
Not Exploited
MS Exploit Status
Less Likely
MS Exploit Likelihood
EPSS Score
0.27355
probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.97885 percentile - updated 2026-08-14
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Exploits & PoC
No public exploit or PoC has been linked for this CVE yet. When available, references are sourced from public repositories and may be unverified or non-functional — review carefully before use.
Detection Rules
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Acknowledgments
Anonymous working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
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