CVE-2014-4114

Key facts

CVSS score

7.8 (v3.1)

Severity

HIGH

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

81.6% (100th percentile)

In CISA KEV

Yes, added March 3, 2022

In EU EUVD

Yes (EUVD-2014-4045)

Published

October 15, 2014

NVD last modified

June 17, 2026

Status

Analyzed

Affected products

• microsoft / windows 7
• microsoft / windows 8
• microsoft / windows 8.1
• microsoft / windows rt
• microsoft / windows rt 8.1
• microsoft / windows server 2008
• microsoft / windows server 2008
• microsoft / windows server 2012
• microsoft / windows server 2012
• microsoft / windows vista

Certified products that may be affected

15 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
• Windows 7 BitLocker™ Drive Encryption - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1332 - historical
• Microsoft Windows 7 Kernel Mode Cryptographic Primitives Library (cng.sys) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1328 - historical
• 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

See all 15 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

• http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm/(Exploit)
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
• http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113140(Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60972(Broken Link)
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35019(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35020(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://www.isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114/(Broken Link)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70419(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-4114(US Government Resource)