CVE-2014-4114 — Microsoft Windows 7
CISA KEVAs of 2025-10-22, CVE-2014-4114 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, CVSS v3.1 7.8, EPSS 81.6% (99.6th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-03), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2022-03-24. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2014-4114, most recently “Google GTIG Adopts Two-Word Threat Actor Naming Taxonomy — Sandworm/APT44 Redesignated SANDWORM RELIC”.
Last updated: 2025-10-22
What is CVE-2014-4114?
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."
Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 10 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 4353 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 7.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 81.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Listed since 2022-03-03, federal remediation deadline 2022-03-24
- Threadlinqs priority
- 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
- Published
- 2014-10-15, last modified 2025-10-22
Is CVE-2014-4114 being exploited?
CISA added CVE-2014-4114 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2022-03-24 under BOD 22-01. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2014-4114 is publicly available. 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 43 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
- gousseine-systems/vuln-rabilit-windows7 (github)
- trickest/cve (trickest)
Affected products and versions
- Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Rt, Windows Rt 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 r2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 r2, Windows Vista
How to fix CVE-2014-4114
The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2014-4114. Patch reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-060. Vendor advisory: http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx. Because CVE-2014-4114 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2022-03-24. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2014-4114
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2014-4114, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
- Google GTIG Adopts Two-Word Threat Actor Naming Taxonomy — Sandworm/APT44 Redesignated SANDWORM RELIC — INFO · 2026-07-27
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Vendor advisory and patch
Exploit and proof of concept
Third-party advisory
Vulnerability database entry
Other references
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