Code injection in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2014-6352
Published: January 19, 2017 / Updated: November 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5100
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6352
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error when handling malicious Office files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Microsoft Office file containing the malicious OLE object, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
The weakness exists due to an error when handling malicious Office files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Microsoft Office file containing the malicious OLE object, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Affected software
Microsoft Windows
Windows Server
Windows Server
How to mitigate CVE-2014-6352
Install update from vendor's website.
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #825 - Microsoft Windows - OLE Remote Code Execution 'Sandworm' Exploit (MS14-060) (March 18, 2020)
- Exploit #826 - Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager Code Execution (MS14-064) (Metasploit) (March 18, 2020)
- Exploit #827 - Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager Code Execution (via Python) (MS14-064) (Metasploit) (March 18, 2020)
- Exploit #828 - Microsoft Office 2007 / 2010 - OLE Arbitrary Command Execution (March 18, 2020)
- Exploit #829 - Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager Code Execution (MS14-060) (Metasploit) (March 18, 2020)
- Exploit #830 - Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager SandWorm Exploit (March 18, 2020)
- Exploit #1630 - MS14-064 Microsoft Windows OLE Package Manager Code Execution (March 18, 2020)
- Exploit #1631 - MS14-064 Microsoft Windows OLE Package Manager Code Execution Through Python (March 18, 2020)