high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2021-27065ProxyLogon — Exchange Arbitrary File Write

Microsoft Exchange writes files to paths the caller chooses, the step that turns the ProxyLogon chain into a web shell on the mail server.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Apply Microsoft's Exchange security update, then search the web directories for files written during the exposure window.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
7.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
100%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2021-03-03
Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
persistence
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190, T1083
Severity
high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsAn administrative session, reachable through the earlier link of the chain

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2021-27065 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-08-07