CVE-2014-0315
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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 14.62% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Affected
- 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
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 14.6% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/04/08/ms14-019-fixing-a-binary-hijacking-via-cmd-or-bat-file.aspxThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/33
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-019Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/04/08/ms14-019-fixing-a-binary-hijacking-via-cmd-or-bat-file.aspxThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/33
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-019Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.