CVE-2014-1756 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1756?

CVE-2014-1756 is a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 14 May 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 Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, and 2013 Gold, SP1, RT, and RT SP1, when the Simplified Chinese Proofing Tool is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .docx file, aka "Microsoft Office Chinese Grammar Checking Vulnerability."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1756?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Office.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1756?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-1756 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-1756 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1756 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

• CVE-2018-0798 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1770 Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2006-2492 Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2018-0802 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2017-11882 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Microsoft Office vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fmjj-3vmx-9jv8.