CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2014-4077
High (7.8) in Microsoft Input Method Editor (IME) Japanese. In CISA KEV since 2022-05-25. EPSS 55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, and Office 2007 SP3, when IMJPDCT.EXE (aka IME for Japanese) is installed, allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via a crafted PDF document, aka "Microsoft IME (Japanese) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in 2014.
Severity
- EPSS
- 55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2022-05-25, due 2022-06-15
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:office_2007_ime
- microsoft:windows_7
- microsoft:windows_server_2003
- microsoft:windows_server_2008
- microsoft:windows_vista
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/11/assessing-risk-for-the-november-2014-security-updates.aspx
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031196
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031197
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-078
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/11/assessing-risk-for-the-november-2014-security-updates.aspx