Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

HIGH 7.8EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2014-4114 · Published 15/10/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 03/03/2022. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
Windows Microsoft	Versions not published yet (product named by CISA KEV)

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 in an Office document, as exploited in the wild with a "Sandworm" attack in June through October 2014, aka "Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

References

blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-windows-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2014-4114-aka-sandworm · Exploit
blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx · Broken Link
osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113140 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/60972 · Broken Link
exploit-db.com/exploits/35019 · Exploit
exploit-db.com/exploits/35020 · Exploit
exploit-db.com/exploits/35055 · Exploit
isightpartners.com/2014/10/cve-2014-4114 · Broken Link
securityfocus.com/bid/70419 · Broken Link
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060 · Patch
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2014-4114

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