Back to KEVs

CVE-2014-4114

Microsoft 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...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
June 12, 2014
Published Date
October 15, 2014
Last Updated
February 10, 2025
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
Description
Microsoft 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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OLE object in an Office document, as exploited in the wild with a "Sandworm" attack in June through October 2014, aka "Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Tags
windows cisa metasploit_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.8 - HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

9.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx http://www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/ http://secunia.com/advisories/60972 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35019 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35020 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70419 http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060 http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113140

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms14_060_sandworm.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:35 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

ms14_060_sandworm

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2014-4114

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Metasploit