An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA) fails to properly handle web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could perform script/content injection attacks and attempt to trick the user into disclosing sensitive information.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send a specially crafted email message containing a malicious link to a user. Alternatively, an attacker could use a chat client to social engineer a user into clicking the malicious link.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Exchange validates web requests.
Note: In order to exploit this vulnerability, a user must click a maliciously crafted link from an attacker.
## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Microsoft | Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 16 | | [KB4018588](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/microsoft/kb4018588.md) | Jul 11, 2017 | | Microsoft | Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 | | [KB4018588](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/microsoft/kb4018588.md) | Jul 11, 2017 | | Microsoft | Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 5 | | [KB4018588](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/microsoft/kb4018588.md) | Jul 11, 2017 | --- Data as of 2026-11-07T12:40:37Z UTC. Source: Patchblox Patch Radar (https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar). Patchblox finds out-of-date software on Windows, macOS and Linux and updates it through release rings: https://patchblox.com/demo