microsoft windows-server-2012 CVE-2014-6352 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on October 22, 2014

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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, as exploited in the wild in October 2014 with a crafted PowerPoint document.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Code Injection Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OLE object.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by August 25, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2014-6352 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
90.73%
Percentile
99.61%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.