Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-1774. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The issue has been introduced in 03/16/2010. The weakness was presented 06/10/2014 by Amol Naik with Zero Day Initiative as MS14-035 as confirmed bulletin (Technet) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-1774 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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1547 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100202 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS14-035)).

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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13387.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92810), Tenable (74427), SecurityFocus (BID 67867†), Secunia (SA58768†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030370†). isc.sans.edu is providing further details. See VDB-13306, VDB-13483, VDB-13498 and VDB-13512 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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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
Researcher: Amol Naik
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-1774 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1774
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13493

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X-Force: 92810 - Microsoft Internet Explorer code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 67867 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-1774 Remote Memory Corruption 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: 44887 - [MS14-035] Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2014-1774, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 06/11/2014 03:05
Updated: 09/01/2025 18:07
Changes: 06/11/2014 03:05 (88), 04/07/2017 12:05 (6), 06/22/2021 07:15 (3), 06/22/2021 07:20 (2), 09/01/2025 18:07 (21)
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