critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2024-21410Microsoft Exchange Server — privilege raised through authentication

Microsoft Exchange Server carries an authentication flaw that raises an attacker's privileges. The rating is critical, but Microsoft publishes nothing about the path, the preconditions, or what the attacker ends up holding.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Install the Exchange security update named in Microsoft's advisory on every server, and follow the configuration steps the advisory lists next to it.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
13%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2024-02-13
Added to KEV
2024-02-15
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
privilege escalation
MITRE ATT&CK
T1078
Severity
critical

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

Behind the card

3 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.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

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

crds:cve-2024-21410 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24