CVE-2014-4114

high

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."

References

https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/updated-backconfig-malware-targeting-government-and-military-organizations/

https://documents.trendmicro.com/assets/pdf/Operation-ENDTRADE-TICK-s-Multi-Stage-Backdoors-for-Attacking-Industries-and-Stealing-Classified-Data.pdf

https://www.volexity.com/blog/2018/06/07/patchwork-apt-group-targets-us-think-tanks/

https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/03/unit42-patchwork-continues-deliver-badnews-indian-subcontinent/

https://documents.trendmicro.com/assets/tech-brief-untangling-the-patchwork-cyberespionage-group.pdf

http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/patchwork-cyberespionage-group-expands-targets-governments-wide-range-industries

https://securelist.com/the-dropping-elephant-actor/75328/

https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/tick-cyberespionage-group-zeros-japan

https://web.archive.org/web/20180825085952/https:/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cymmetria-blog/public/Unveiling_Patchwork.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20160503234007/https:/www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/

https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/

https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/other-blogs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-targeting-microsoft-office-2

https://www.tenable.com/blog/sandworm-apt-deploys-new-swiftslicer-wiper-using-active-directory-group-policy

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-10-15

Updated: 2025-04-12

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.92026