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ZDI published the vulnarabilities
New Microsoft Exchange zero-days allow RCE, data theft attacks

Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) Thursday (02.11.23) published four zero days vulnerabilities of Microsoft Exchange which can exploit remotely to execute arbitrary code or disclose sensitive information on affected installations.

Bleeping Computer reported, these vulnerabilities were reported to Microsoft on September 7th and 8th, 2023. Microsoft acknowledges the reports but postpones the fixes for later.

ZDI disagreed with this response and decided to publish the flaws under its own tracking IDs to warn Exchange admins about the security risks.

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Summarize of the vulnerabilities published by ZDI:

ZDI-23-1578 – A remote code execution (RCE) flaw in the ‘Chained Serialization Binder’ class, where user data isn’t adequately validated, allowing attackers to reserialize untrusted data. Successful exploitation enables an attacker to execute arbitrary code as ‘SYSTEM,’ the highest level of privileges on Windows.

ZDI-23-1579 – Located in the ‘Download Data From Uri’ method, this flaw is due to insufficient validation of a URI before resource access. Attackers can exploit it to access sensitive information from Exchange servers.

ZDI-23-1580 – This vulnerability, in the ‘Download Data From Office Market Place’ method, also stems from improper URI validation, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure.

ZDI-23-1581 – Present in the Create Attachment From Uri method, this flaw resembles the previous bugs with inadequate URI validation, again, risking sensitive data exposure.

Authentication is needed to exploit these vulnerabilities, which makes them less severe with a CVSS rating between 7.1 and 7.5. Requiring authentication is a factor that helps reduce their impact. This could be why Microsoft did not prioritize fixing the bugs.

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It should be noted, though, that cybercriminals have many ways to obtain Exchange credentials, including brute-forcing weak passwords, performing phishing attacks, purchasing them, or acquiring them from info-stealer logs.

That said, the above zero-days shouldn’t be treated as unimportant, especially ZDI-23-1578 (RCE), which can result in complete system compromise.

ZDI suggests that the only salient mitigation strategy is to restrict interaction with Exchange apps. However, this can be unacceptably disruptive for many businesses and organizations using the product.

We also suggest implementing multifactor authentication to prevent cybercriminals from accessing Exchange instances even when account credentials have been compromised.

Bleeping Computer has contacted Microsoft to ask about ZDI’s disclosure and are still waiting for a response.

 

Source: ZDI, Bleeping computer

 

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