Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2022-05-25
• EPSS: 47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 99% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in October 2014, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-4124.

CISA: Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 15 Jun 2022): Apply updates per vendor instructions.

• Patch on docs.microsoft.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD

[ References ]References

• blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security…Not ApplicableVendor Advisory
• secunia.com/advisories/60968Broken Link
• www.securityfocus.com/bid/70326Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• www.securitytracker.com/id/1031018Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-056PatchVendor Advisory
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource