CVE-2014-4114

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal remediation due 2022-03-24.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

81.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2014-10-15 10:00Z12 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2014-06-12

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9079832d12da270c4c5ee1f4b8220ea8665d9fbfbbdf0bfde1784bb40d35b0b3

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• www.isightpartners.comhttp://www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/x_refsource_MISC
• secunia.com60972http://secunia.com/advisories/60972third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.exploit-db.com35055http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.exploit-db.com35019http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35019exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.exploit-db.com35020http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35020exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
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• blog.trendmicro.comhttp://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/x_refsource_MISC
• docs.microsoft.comMS14-060https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
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