Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover Credential Harvest for 2026-10-19

Last Updated: 00:00 UTC

Requests to /Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml harvest Exchange credentials from Outlook clients that auto-negotiate mail settings. Any host responding to this path can capture NTLM or Basic auth credentials. Also used in ProxyLogon reconnaissance.

CVE References

CVE-2021-26855

MITRE ATT&CK

Tactic: Credential Access (TA0006)
Technique: T1114.002 — Remote Email Collection

Observed URIs

Attackers by Country

Russia: 13Hong Kong: 3Sweden: 3Australia: 1Panama: 1South Africa: 1United Kingdom: 1Bulgaria: 1
Russia1354.2%
Hong Kong312.5%
Sweden312.5%
Australia14.2%
Panama14.2%
South Africa14.2%
United Kingdom14.2%
Bulgaria14.2%

IP Address : ASN : City/Provider

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