PT-2014-5700 · Microsoft · Windows 8+8

Published 2014-11-11 · Updated 2019-05-14 · CVE-2014-4118

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions XML Core Services (aka MSXML) 3.0 versions in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in system-state corruption, via crafted XML content.

Recommendations For XML Core Services (aka MSXML) 3.0 in the specified Microsoft products, apply the recommended patch or update to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-4118

Affected Products

Windows 7

Windows 8

Windows 8.1

Windows Rt

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2012

Windows Vista

Xml Core Services

References · 3

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-067 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4118 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031187 · Note