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CVE-2014-4123
HIGH
CISA KEV
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.
Published: Oct 15, 2014
Modified: Apr 21, 2026
NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS Metrics
CVSSv3
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products (5)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7 |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 8 |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 9 |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 10 |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 11 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-5xv2-v332-c8c2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted...
References (11)
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60968 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70326 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031018 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-056 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60968 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70326 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031018 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-056 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-4123 US Government Resource
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
8.8 / 10
EPSS Score
40.29%
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
77.3 / 100
CISA Known Exploited
Date Added:
2022-05-25
Due Date:
2022-06-15
Required Action:
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Data Sources
NVD
CISA KEV
EPSS
GitHub