SB2014081202 - Privilege escalation in Microsoft Internet Explorer
Published: August 12, 2014 Updated: January 26, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014081202
Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privelege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2817)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to the failure to properly validate permissions. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it, gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.