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CVE-2014-1756

Published: May 14, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
9.3CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
8.6%
Top 5.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, and 2013 Gold, SP1, RT, and RT SP1, when the Simplified Chinese Proofing Tool is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .docx file, aka "Microsoft Office Chinese Grammar Checking Vulnerability."

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

Microsoft Corp
commercial·USaka microsoft, microsoft corporation
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1Desktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
Microsoft Office 2013 RTOn-prem
Operating Systems / windows
Microsoft Office 2013 RT Service Pack 1On-premDesktop App
Operating Systems
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-023
docs.microsoft.com
http://technet.microsoft.com/ru-ru/security/bulletin/ms14-023
technet.microsoft.com
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1756
cve.mitre.org

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