CVE-2014-4123

high-risk
Published 2014-10-15

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.

Do I need to act?

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53.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 46% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (11)

Not Applicable http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october...
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/60968
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70326
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031018
Patch https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-05...
Not Applicable http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october...
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/60968
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70326
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031018
Patch https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-05...
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-...
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high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 25/34 · High
Exposure 12/34 · Low