CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-4123

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2014-10-15 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — Microsoft Internet Explorer

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site.

Added to KEV
2022-05-25
Remediation due
2022-06-15
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4123
Status
Analyzed
Published
2014-10-15
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 7 • microsoft internet explorer 8 • microsoft internet explorer 9 • microsoft internet explorer 10 • microsoft internet explorer 11

References