CVE-2014-4114
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,…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 81.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 3 Mar 2022
- 7Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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."
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 24 Mar 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 3 Mar 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 6 Exploit-DB entries for it. 3 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits10
Metasploit modules1 module
- MS14-060 Microsoft Windows OLE Package Manager Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/ms14_060_sandwormRank excellentdisclosed 14 Oct 2014
Exploit-DB6 entries
- Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager Code Execution (via Python) (MS14-064) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35235local, windowspublished 14 Nov 2014Verified
- Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager Code Execution (MS14-064) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35236local, windowspublished 14 Nov 2014Verified
- Microsoft Office 2007/2010 - OLE Arbitrary Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35216local, windowspublished 12 Nov 2014Not verified
- Microsoft Windows - OLE Remote Code Execution 'Sandworm' (MS14-060) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35055remote, windowspublished 25 Oct 2014Not verified
- Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager SandWorm (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35019local, windowspublished 20 Oct 2014Not verified
- Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager Code Execution (MS14-060) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35020local, windows_x86published 20 Oct 2014Verified
References tagged exploit3 references
- 35055 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 35019 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 35020 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 81.6% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 60972 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35055 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 35019 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 35020 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 70419 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MS14-060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 113140 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-4114 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-4045 (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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