Known Exploited Vulnerability
9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2023-23397
Microsoft Office Outlook Privilege Escalation Vuln - [Actively Exploited]
Description

Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

INFO

Published Date :

March 14, 2023, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

Description :

Microsoft Office Outlook contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows for a NTLM Relay attack against another service to authenticate as the user.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes :

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23397, https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2023/03/microsoft-mitigates-outlook-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability/, ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23397

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-23397 has a 71 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-23397 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft office
2 Microsoft 365_apps
3 Microsoft outlook
4 Microsoft office_long_term_servicing_channel
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-23397.

URL Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23397 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23397 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

This repository focuses on exploring Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE), a standardized system for identifying and cataloging known cybersecurity vulnerabilities. It includes in-depth research on CVE impacts, exploitation techniques, and mitigation strategies to enhance system security.

Python

Updated: 4 weeks ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 19, 2024, 7:44 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

A curated collection of Proof of Concept (PoC) tools, scripts, and techniques designed for red team operations, penetration testing, and cybersecurity research. This repository focuses on providing practical resources for exploring vulnerabilities

attack cybersecurity exp hw penetration-testing poc red-team security-tools vulnerability-poc

Updated: 2 weeks ago
1 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 17, 2024, 11:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 414 different CVEs too.

Config files for my GitHub profile.

config github-config

Updated: 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 30, 2024, 1:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

这是一个每天同步Vulnerability-Wiki中docs-base中内容的项目

HTML

Updated: 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 20, 2024, 3:27 a.m. This repo has been linked 210 different CVEs too.

CVE-2023-23397: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook

Updated: 5 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 22, 2024, 2:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Latest CVEs with their Proof of Concept exploits.

Python

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
11 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : May 24, 2024, 11:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 77 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 13, 2024, 7:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 16 different CVEs too.

Proof of Work of CVE-2023-23397 for vulnerable Microsoft Outlook client application.

exploitation hacking msoutlook netntlm smb

Python

Updated: 8 months, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 20, 2024, 9:49 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

渗透测试有关的POC、EXP、脚本、提权、小工具等---About penetration-testing python-script poc getshell csrf xss cms php-getshell domainmod-xss csrf-webshell cobub-razor cve rce sql sql-poc poc-exp bypass oa-getshell cve-cms

Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go Ruby HTML Java

Updated: 3 weeks ago
6 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 7, 2024, 2:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 305 different CVEs too.

C implementation of Outlook 0-click vulnerability

Updated: 10 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 7, 2024, 7:08 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

CSS HTML JavaScript

Updated: 10 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2024, 2:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.

None

Python C Shell

Updated: 11 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 7, 2024, 10:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 61 different CVEs too.

Ethical Hacking Repository

Python C Shell

Updated: 11 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2024, 9:12 a.m. This repo has been linked 61 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 11 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 28, 2023, 2:20 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

OSCP Cheat Sheet

cheatsheet oscp

Python C Shell

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
10 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Dec. 17, 2023, 12:31 p.m. This repo has been linked 61 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-23397 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • TheCyberThrone
Top 15 Most Exploited Vulnerabilities in 2023

In a joint cybersecurity advisory, the security agencies across the world have identified the most exploited vulnerabilities of 2023. This advisory, coauthored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 16, 2024 (1 month ago)
  • The Register
Five Eyes infosec agencies list 2024's most exploited software flaws

The cyber security agencies of the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have issued their annual list of the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities, and warned that attacks on zero-day exploits have ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 14, 2024 (1 month ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
2023’s Most Exploited Vulnerabilities: A Global Cybersecurity Advisory

In a joint cybersecurity advisory, the top cybersecurity agencies from the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom have identified the most exploited vulnerabilities of 2 ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 14, 2024 (1 month ago)
  • The Cyber Express
Top 15 Exploited Cyber Vulnerabilities Revealed: Five Eyes Alliance Urges Immediate Patching

The FBI, NSA, and allied agencies within the Five Eyes intelligence network have published a list of the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities from 2023. The cybersecurity advisory, a collaborative effort ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 13, 2024 (1 month ago)
  • BleepingComputer
FBI, CISA, and NSA reveal most exploited vulnerabilities of 2023

​The FBI, the NSA, and cybersecurity authorities of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have released today a list of the top 15 routinely exploited vulnerabilities throughout last year. A joint advis ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 12, 2024 (1 month ago)
  • security.nl
VS publiceert overzicht van meest misbruikte kwetsbaarheden in 2023

De Amerikaanse autoriteiten hebben samen met cyberagentschappen uit Australië, Canada, Nieuw-Zeeland en het Verenigd Koninkrijk een overzicht van de meest misbruikte kwetsbaarheden in 2023 opgesteld. ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 12, 2024 (1 month ago)
  • Help Net Security
Patching problems: The “return” of a Windows Themes spoofing vulnerability

Despite two patching attempts, a security issue that may allow attackers to compromise Windows user’s NTLM (authentication) credentials via a malicious Windows themes file still affects Microsoft’s op ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 29, 2024 (1 month, 2 weeks ago)
  • Krypt3ia
Comprehensive Threat Intelligence Report: The Rise of Nation-State Cyber Attacks and Their Convergence with Cybercrime

TLP: WHITE This threat intelligence report was written in tandem between Krypt3ia and the ICEBREAKER Threat Intelligence Analyst created by Krypt3ia. Executive Summary Over the past year, nation-state ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 17, 2024 (2 months ago)
  • cloudsecurityalliance.org
Navigating the Shadows: Safeguarding AI Infrastructure Amidst CVE-2023-48022

Originally published by Truyo.We all want to leverage AI, but models are only as good as the data used to train them. Often, training data is comprised of confidential information. How do you balance ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 06, 2024 (4 months, 1 week ago)
  • Help Net Security
Researchers unearth MotW bypass technique used by threat actors for years

Threat actors have been abusing a bug in how Windows handles LNK files with non-standard target paths and internal structures to prevent in-built protections from stopping malicious payloads and trick ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 06, 2024 (4 months, 1 week ago)
  • krebsonsecurity.com
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2024 Edition

Microsoft Corp. today issued software updates to plug at least 139 security holes in various flavors of Windows and other Microsoft products. Redmond says attackers are already exploiting at least two ... Read more

Published Date: Jul 09, 2024 (5 months, 1 week ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-23397 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23397
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2021:*:*:*:ltsc:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2013:sp1:*:*:-:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Microsoft Corporation CWE-20
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 28, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 20, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23397 No Types Assigned https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23397 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-294
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2021:*:*:*:ltsc:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-23397 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-23397 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery CAPEC-60: Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) CAPEC-94: Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) CAPEC-102: Session Sidejacking Session Sidejacking CAPEC-509: Kerberoasting Kerberoasting CAPEC-555: Remote Services with Stolen Credentials Remote Services with Stolen Credentials CAPEC-561: Windows Admin Shares with Stolen Credentials Windows Admin Shares with Stolen Credentials CAPEC-644: Use of Captured Hashes (Pass The Hash) Use of Captured Hashes (Pass The Hash) CAPEC-645: Use of Captured Tickets (Pass The Ticket) Use of Captured Tickets (Pass The Ticket) CAPEC-652: Use of Known Kerberos Credentials Use of Known Kerberos Credentials CAPEC-701: Browser in the Middle (BiTM) Browser in the Middle (BiTM)
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

87.95 }} -2.33%

score

0.98915

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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