CVE-2014-4114
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.816 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUSadded 2022-03-03remediate by 2022-03-24
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OLE object in an Office document, as exploited in the wild with a "Sandworm" attack in June through October 2014, aka "Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.8–9.3
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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exploits (7)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-35020Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager Code Execution (MS14-060) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-35236Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager Code Execution (MS14-064) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-35019Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager SandWormPoC · exploit_db
affected products (19)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft windows server 2008all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft windows server 2012all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (4)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
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references (25)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspxcnnvd
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS14-060cnnvd
- http://www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70419cnnvd
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/enisa_euvd
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspxenisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113140enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60972enisa_euvd
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