Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 TLS Certificate cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component TLS Certificate Handler. Such manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2014-1771. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component TLS Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality.

The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was published 06/10/2014 with Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique as MS14-035 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-1771 since 01/29/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4828 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74427 (MS14-035: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2969262)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.

Applying the patch MS14-035 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (74427), SecurityFocus (BID 67861†), Secunia (SA58768†), SecurityTracker (ID 1030370†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44883†). isc.sans.edu is providing further details. Similar entries are available at VDB-13306, VDB-13483, VDB-13498 and VDB-13512. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 74427
Nessus Name: MS14-035: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2969262)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS14-035
Organization: Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-1771 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1771
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13490

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SecurityFocus: 67861 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-1771 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 58768 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030370 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Memory Corruption Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 44883 - [MS14-035] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - 11 Remote Information Disclosure due to TLS Server Certificate Renegotiation - CVE-2014-1771, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 06/11/2014 03:05
Updated: 09/12/2025 03:33
Changes: 06/11/2014 03:05 (80), 04/07/2017 12:05 (6), 06/20/2021 19:49 (3), 06/20/2021 19:57 (2), 09/12/2025 03:33 (21)
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