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What is this endpoint?

owa/auth.owa

Microsoft Outlook Web Access

What an attacker could do

This OWA forms-authentication handler is the target of credential-spraying and password-harvesting attacks, and version-specific responses help attackers fingerprint the Exchange build for follow-on ProxyLogon/ProxyShell exploitation.

How to defend it

Enforce MFA and lockout thresholds on forms auth, suppress version banners, keep Exchange patched, and place the auth endpoint behind a pre-authentication gateway.

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