PT-2014-1740 · Microsoft · Windows Vista+7

Published 2014-07-08 · Updated 2019-05-15 · CVE-2014-2780

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows DirectShow versions in Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging control over a low-integrity process to execute a crafted application. This is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in DirectShow.

Recommendations For Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-00754

BDU:2015-00763

CVE-2014-2780

ZDI-14-221

Affected Products

Directshow

Windows

Windows 7

Windows 8

Windows 8.1

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2012

Windows Vista

References · 9

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-221 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00763 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2780 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00754 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-041 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2780 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/532800/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-041 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/68392 · Note