Findings

CVE-2023-23397

Microsoft Office Outlook Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Mar 14, 2023 · updated Jun 16, 2026 · microsoft 365 apps

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

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 14, 2023 · Catalog

    Detected

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

  2. Mar 14, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Apr 4, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

CISA due date Apr 4, 2023

Affected

  • cpe microsoft/365 appsversion unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/office2019
  • cpe microsoft/office long term servicing channel2021
  • cpe microsoft/outlook2013
  • cpe microsoft/outlook2016
  • vendor Microsoft Officeversion unspecified

Sources

  • CISA KEVCVE-2023-23397

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

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgCVE-2023-23397

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSCVE-2023-23397

    30-day exploitation probability 97.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDCVE-2023-23397

    Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

    nvd.nist.gov

References

CVE-2023-23397 · ZeroDay Findings