Known Exploited Vulnerability
7.8
HIGH
CVE-2014-4114
Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) - [Actively Exploited]
Description

Microsoft 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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OLE object in an Office document, as exploited in the wild with a "Sandworm" attack in June through October 2014, aka "Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 15, 2014, 10:55 a.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 20, 2024, 3:49 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

A vulnerability exists in Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a file that contains a specially crafted OLE object.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes :

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4114

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2014-4114 has a 21 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-4114 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_7
2 Microsoft windows_8.1
3 Microsoft windows_rt_8.1
4 Microsoft windows_server_2008
5 Microsoft windows_server_2012
6 Microsoft windows_vista
7 Microsoft windows_8
8 Microsoft windows_rt
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-4114.

URL Resource
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/ Exploit
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113140 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/60972 Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35019 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35020 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/ Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70419 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/ Exploit
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113140 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/60972 Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35019 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35020 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/ Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70419 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Updated: 8 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
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APT & CyberCriminal Campaign Collection

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Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
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Archive of publicly available threat INTel reports (mostly APT Reports but not limited to).

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : Jan. 1, 2023, 12:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

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None

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Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
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Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
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Archive of publicly available threat INTel reports (mostly APT Reports but not limited to).

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
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Born at : Sept. 30, 2018, 12:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

APT & CyberCriminal Campaign Collection

Python Visual Basic HTML CSS JavaScript

Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago
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None

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Updated: 2 months ago
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Born at : Aug. 20, 2018, 8:52 a.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.

None

Python Visual Basic HTML CSS JavaScript

Updated: 1 year ago
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Born at : July 27, 2018, 10:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.

None

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Updated: 6 years, 9 months ago
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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-4114 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-4114 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/
    Added Reference http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113140
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60972
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35019
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35020
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055
    Added Reference http://www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70419
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx Vendor Advisory http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113140 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113140 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/60972 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/60972 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35019 Exploit http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35019 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35020 No Types Assigned http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35020 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055 Exploit http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/ No Types Assigned http://www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/ Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70419 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70419 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060 No Types Assigned https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-20
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt:-:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS14-060 [Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 08, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35019 No Types Assigned http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35019 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/ No Types Assigned http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/ Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055 No Types Assigned http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055 Exploit
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 19, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35019
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113140
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055
    Added Reference http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-4114 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-4114 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

96.41 }} 0.38%

score

0.99709

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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