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CVE-2014-0268
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 through 11 does not properly restrict file installation and registry-key creation, which allows remote…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 22.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 through 11 does not properly restrict file installation and registry-key creation, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Mandatory Integrity Control protection mechanism via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 22.5% · top 2.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- MS14-010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 103165 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1029741 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 56796 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ms-ie-cve20140268-priv-esc(90756) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 65392 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-0306 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-0268)Record last updated .