Actively exploited · Published Oct 15, 2014 · Assigned by microsoft

CVE-2014-4123

High 8.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Internet Explorer from Microsoft. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on May 25, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 47.1% (higher than 99% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)47.1%top 1.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since May 25, 2022

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Jun 15, 2022.

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx x_refsource_CONFIRM
60968 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
1031018 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
MS14-056 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
70326 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-4123 government-resource