CVE-2014-1767
Double free vulnerability in the Ancillary Function Driver (AFD) in afd.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 12.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Double free vulnerability in the Ancillary Function Driver (AFD) in afd.sys in the kernel-mode drivers 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 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Ancillary Function Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Windows 7 (x64) - 'afd.sys' Dangling Pointer Privilege Escalation (MS14-040) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 39525local, windows_x86-64published 7 Mar 2016Not verified
- Microsoft Windows 7 (x86) - 'afd.sys' Dangling Pointer Privilege Escalation (MS14-040) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 39446local, windows_x86published 15 Feb 2016Not verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 39525 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 39446 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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By microsoft
- 5 months later
· 5 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.7% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- MS14-040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-220/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 68394 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 39525 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 59778 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 39446 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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-2014-1841 (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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