SB2014111103 - Vulnerability in IME (Japanese) Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
Published: November 11, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014111103
Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4077)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper access control in Microsoft implementation of Input Method Editor (IME) for Japanese language. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file designed to invoke a vulnerable sandboxed application, trick the victim into opening it, gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.