| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 6.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
The issue has been introduced in 06/26/2013. The weakness was released 04/08/2014 by Abdul-Aziz Hariri with Zero Day Initiative as MS14-018 as confirmed bulletin (Technet) via Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-1760 since 01/29/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/16/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 286 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73415 (MS14-018: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2950467)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100187 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS14-018)).
Applying the patch MS14-018 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. A patch matrix is available in the vendor's advisory. A restart is required. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13513.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92033), Tenable (73415), SecurityFocus (BID 66653†), Secunia (SA57586†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030032†). blog.spiderlabs.com is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-12850, VDB-12849, VDB-12848 and VDB-12847. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 73415
Nessus Name: MS14-018: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2950467)
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OpenVAS ID: 804427
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (2950467)
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Patch: MS14-018
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS14-018
Researcher: Abdul-Aziz Hariri
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1760 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1760
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12851
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X-Force: 92033 - Microsoft Internet Explorer code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 66653 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-1760 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 57586 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030032 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Memory Corruption Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 43975 - [MS14-018] Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Code Execution due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2014-1760, Critical
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Entry
Created: 04/09/2014 01:16 PMUpdated: 06/16/2021 06:09 PM
Changes: 04/09/2014 01:16 PM (91), 04/07/2017 03:24 PM (10), 06/16/2021 06:09 PM (2)
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