CVE-2014-4123

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in October 2014, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-4124.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Analyzed - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2014-10-15

Last modified

2025-10-22

Known exploited (CISA KEV)

since 2022-05-25, action due 2022-06-15: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected products

• Internet Explorer (Microsoft)

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60968
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70326
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031018
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-056
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-4123