CVE-2014-1756

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."

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 25.07% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory microsoft.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-023	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1756?: CVE-2014-1756 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1756?: To fix CVE-2014-1756, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-1756 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2014-1756 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~25% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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