PT-2014-1087 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

James Forshaw · Published 2014-06-10 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2014-1778

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 8 through 11

Description The issue allows remote attackers to elevate privileges via unspecified vectors. This vulnerability by itself does not allow arbitrary code to be run, but it could be used in conjunction with another vulnerability, such as a remote code execution vulnerability, that could take advantage of the elevated privileges when running arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 8 through 11, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2014-00169

CVE-2014-1778

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/34010 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1778 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1778 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2014-00169 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/67882 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-035 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1030370 · Note