PT-2014-1610 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

James Forshaw · Published 2014-10-14 · Updated 2025-03-14 · CVE-2014-4123

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 7 through 11

Description The issue allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site. It is noted that this vulnerability has been exploited in the wild. The 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, to take advantage of the elevated privileges when running arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 11, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-00529

CVE-2014-4123

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 13

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4123 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-056 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4124 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4123 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00529 · Security Note
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx · Vendor Advisory
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-056 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60968 · Note
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/70326 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/114873 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/84806 · Telegram Post
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031018 · Note