CVE-2014-4074
The Task Scheduler in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via an application that schedules a crafted task, aka "Task Scheduler Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-4005)
- Published
- September 10, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-4005 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows 8
- microsoft / windows 8.1
- microsoft / windows rt
- microsoft / windows rt 8.1
- microsoft / windows server 2012
- microsoft / windows server 2012
Certified products that may be affected
6 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows RT - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-10620-2015 - archived
- Microsoft Windows Vista Kernel Mode Security Support Provider Interface (ksecdd.sys) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1000 - historical
- Microsoft Windows Vista Cryptographic Primitives Library (bcrypt.dll) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1001 - historical
- Microsoft Windows XP Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module (FIPS.SYS) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 997 - historical
- Microsoft Windows Cryptographic Primitives Library (bcrypt.dll) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 892 - historical
See all 6 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69593(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030820(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-054(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95542(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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