CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-4114
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft Windows
A vulnerability exists in Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a file that contains a specially crafted OLE object.
- Added to KEV
- 2022-03-03
- Remediation due
- 2022-03-24
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4114
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2014-10-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows 8
• microsoft windows 8.1
• microsoft windows rt
• microsoft windows rt 8.1
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows server 2012
• microsoft windows server 2012 r2
• microsoft windows vista
References
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/ Exploit
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113140 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60972 Broken Link
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35019 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35020 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/ Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70419 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/ Exploit
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113140 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60972 Broken Link
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35019 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35020 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/ Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70419 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-4114 US Government Resource