PT-2014-1611 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

James Forshaw · Published 2014-10-14 · Updated 2025-03-14 · CVE-2014-4124

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 an attacker to elevate their privileges. Using this issue, an attacker cannot execute arbitrary code directly, but it can be used to exploit other vulnerabilities with elevated privileges, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 11, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent privilege elevation.

Fix

RCE

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-00529

CVE-2014-4124

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 11

• 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-2014-4124 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00529 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-056 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60968 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/114873 · Telegram Post
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/70349 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/84806 · Telegram Post
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031018 · Note