# CVE-2014-0315: Path traversal in n/a

> Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious cmd.exe in the current working directory, affecting multiple Windows versions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Apr 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7wq4-3v4v-vpp7

## What is CVE-2014-0315?

CVE-2014-0315 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 8 Apr 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, 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 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse cmd.exe file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .bat or .cmd file, aka "Windows File Handling Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0315?

It affects 10 products.


Products: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0315?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0315 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-0315 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0315 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 7

- [CVE-2015-1635](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1635/): Microsoft HTTP.sys Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-2360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2360/): Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-6324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6324/): Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-6332](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6332/): Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Automation Array Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-4148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4148/): Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0315 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0315 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 8 Apr 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0315 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Windows 7. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0315/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0315/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0315
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0315
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0315

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0315/
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