CVE-2014-6352
Microsoft Windows: Code Injection
As of , CVE-2014-6352 in Microsoft Windows is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 25 February 2022
- US federal deadline
- 25 August 2022181 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.77Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.87 on 25 February 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 2 Metasploit modules and 6 Exploit-DB entries (3 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Microsoft Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OLE object.
CISA's 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, as exploited in the wild in October 2014 with a crafted PowerPoint document.
The CVE record's description, from microsoft
- CVE published
- 22 October 2014
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-94
- Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 35019).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 35020).
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 35055).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 35216).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 35235).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 35236).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: MS14-064 Microsoft Windows OLE Package Manager Code Execution Through Pythonexploit module, rank excellent
- Metasploit: MS14-064 Microsoft Windows OLE Package Manager Code Executionexploit module, rank excellent
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager Code Execution (via Python) (MS14-064) (Metasploit)EDB-ID 35235, verified by Exploit-DB, 14 November 2014
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager Code Execution (MS14-064) (Metasploit)EDB-ID 35236, verified by Exploit-DB, 14 November 2014
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager Code Execution (MS14-060) (Metasploit)EDB-ID 35020, verified by Exploit-DB, 20 October 2014
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Office 2007/2010 - OLE Arbitrary Command ExecutionEDB-ID 35216, 12 November 2014
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Windows - OLE Remote Code Execution 'Sandworm' (MS14-060)EDB-ID 35055, 25 October 2014
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Windows - OLE Package Manager SandWormEDB-ID 35019, 20 October 2014
Windows: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-60710Link Following | Microsoft Windows | Patch nowRansomware use, listed within a year | 0.05 | ||
| CVE-2008-4250Buffer Overflow | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2008-0015Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.77; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.77 | ||
| CVE-2013-3918Out-of-Bounds Write | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.74; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.74 | ||
| CVE-2010-2568Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.91; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.91 | ||
| CVE-2015-0016TS WebProxy Directory Traversal | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.76; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.76 | ||
| CVE-2015-2426Adobe Type Manager Library Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.87; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.87 | ||
| CVE-2014-6332Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Automation Array Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.95; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.95 | ||
| CVE-2017-0146SMB Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.90; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.90 | ||
| CVE-2014-4114Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.82; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.82 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org