⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2022-05-25. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-06-15. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..

CVE-2014-4123Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerability

CWE-2647 documents5 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
NVD6.8
EPSS
53.6%
top 2.00%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2022-05-25
Due 2022-06-15
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 15
KEV addedMay 25
KEV dueJun 15
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in October 2014, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-4124.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

NVDmicrosoft/internet_explorer6 versions+5

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-5xv2-v332-c8c2: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privil2022-05-14
GHSA
GHSA-chx4-j4qm-7gqw: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privil2022-05-14
VulnCheck
Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2014

📋Vendor Advisories

1
CISA
Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2022-05-25

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Zscaler
Zscaler found Multiple Security Vulnerabilities | 10-14-2014
CVE-2014-4123 — Microsoft vulnerability | cvebase