CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2014-4113
High (7.8) in Microsoft Win32k. In CISA KEV since 2022-05-04. EPSS 87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, 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 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild in October 2014, aka "Win32k.sys Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Severity
- EPSS
- 87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2022-05-04, due 2022-05-25
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_7
- microsoft:windows_8
- microsoft:windows_8.1
- microsoft:windows_rt
- microsoft:windows_rt_8.1
- microsoft:windows_server_2003
- microsoft:windows_server_2008
- microsoft:windows_server_2012
- microsoft:windows_vista
References
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-a-windows-kernel-mode-vulnerability-cve-2014-4113/
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113167
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131964/Windows-8.0-8.1-x64-TrackPopupMenu-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60970