CVE-2014-4114 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Microsoft Windows, including Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, and Server editions. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by embedding a crafted OLE object within an Office document. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, requiring user interaction to trigger. Notably, it was actively exploited in the wild as part of the "Sandworm" attacks from June to October 2014, with numerous public exploits and Metasploit modules available, and continues to garner substantial community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.