{"id":"CVE-2014-6352","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2014-6352"],"related":[],"title":"Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows Code Injection Vulnerability","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, as exploited in the wild in October 2014 with a crafted PowerPoint document.","summary":"CVE-2014-6352 is a Windows OLE remote code execution flaw. Microsoft rates it Important and fixed it in MS14-064 on 2014-11-11 with KB3010788. An attacker needs a user to open a crafted OLE object, for example through a web page in Internet Explorer. The code runs with the user's rights. CISA lists it as exploited.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.3,"epss":0.77485,"exploited":true,"exploited_at":"2022-02-25T00:00:00+00:00","products":[{"name":"Microsoft Windows","fixed":[],"affected":"","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"Microsoft Windows","fixed":["KB3010788 (MS14-064)"],"affected":"Vista SP2, Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8, 8.1, Server 2012, 2012 R2, RT, RT 8.1 without KB3010788","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":["vendor"],"tags":["exploited","infrastructure","internet-explorer","ole","self-hosted","windows"],"not_affected_if":["patched-kb3010788","server-core","unknown","windows-server-2003"],"how_to_check":"Check whether KB3010788 is installed: run 'wmic qfe get HotFixID | findstr 3010788' or 'Get-HotFix -Id KB3010788' in PowerShell. If it is missing, the host is exposed. Windows Server 2003 and Server Core installations are not affected by this CVE. The edition list is in the bulletin.","fix":"Install KB3010788 from MS14-064 (also KB3006226 for CVE-2014-6332 in the same bulletin). All the affected systems are long out of support, so move to a supported Windows release.","status":"open","published_at":"2014-10-22T14:55:06+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-23T21:26:30+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00","category":"infrastructure","confidence":0.8,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-23T21:26:30Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"Apply the Microsoft Windows security updates per vendor instructions, as CISA requires. Affected and fixed build numbers: unknown","reach":"unknown","impact":"high","summary":"Microsoft Windows fails to handle a crafted OLE object, which lets an attacker run arbitrary code. This is the flaw CVE-2014-6352, known as Windows OLE code execution, and CISA lists it as actively exploited.","category":"infrastructure","who_cares":["windows","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.6,"needs_auth":"no","worst_case":"Attacker runs arbitrary code on the Windows machine via crafted document","analyst_note":"Find affected Windows build list and the patch bulletin (MS14-064 per public references) at the NVD or Microsoft Security Response Center entry for CVE-2014-6352.","how_to_check":"unknown","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["unknown"],"user_interaction":"yes","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"critical"},"cost_usd":0.000463,"input_tokens":2809,"output_tokens":364,"severity_before":"unknown"},"analyst_status":"done","analyst_note":"Find affected Windows build list and the patch bulletin (MS14-064 per public references) at the NVD or Microsoft Security Response Center entry for CVE-2014-6352.","search":"'-064':48B '-11':51B,52B '-2014':9A,12A,29B '-6352':10A,13A,30B '2008':94C '2012':108C '2014':50B,137C '7':100C '8':103C '8.1':105C,117C 'allow':118C 'arbitrari':123C 'attack':56B,120C 'cisa':83B 'code':5A,36B,76B,124C 'craft':63B,127C,140C 'cve':8A,11A,28B 'document':142C 'exampl':67B 'execut':37B,122C 'exploit':18B,87B,131C 'explor':22B,74B 'fix':44B 'flaw':38B 'gold':109C,115C 'host':26B 'import':42B 'infrastructur':19B 'inject':6A 'internet':21B,73B 'internet-explor':20B 'kb3010788':54B 'list':84B 'microsoft':1A,3A,14A,16A,39B,88C 'ms14':47B 'need':57B 'object':65B,129C 'octob':136C 'ole':23B,34B,64B,128C 'open':61B 'page':71B 'powerpoint':141C 'r2':97C,111C 'rate':40B 'remot':35B,119C 'right':82B 'rt':114C 'run':77B 'self':25B 'self-host':24B 'server':93C,107C 'sp1':98C,101C 'sp2':91C,95C 'user':59B,80B 'via':125C 'vista':90C 'vulner':7A 'web':70B 'wild':134C 'window':2A,4A,27B,33B,89C,92C,99C,102C,104C,106C,113C 'windows':15A,17A","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":null,"tier":null,"verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2014-10-22T14:55:06+00:00","kev":{"dateAdded":"2022-02-25","dueDate":"2022-08-25","requiredAction":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown"},"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvss_by":"nvd@nist.gov","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"kev","external_id":"CVE-2014-6352","url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2014-6352","severity":null,"published_at":"2022-02-25T00:00:00+00:00","modified_at":null,"first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-25T14:39:41+00:00","note":null},{"source":"epss","external_id":"CVE-2014-6352","url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6352","severity":null,"published_at":null,"modified_at":null,"first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00","note":null},{"source":"analyst","external_id":"CVE-2014-6352:77","url":null,"severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-23T21:26:50+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-23T21:26:50+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:26:50+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T21:26:50+00:00","note":"Read MS14-064 (Microsoft Learn): CVE-2014-6352 is the OLE RCE fixed by KB3010788 (the other CVE in the bulletin, CVE-2014-6332, is KB3006226). Exploitation status comes from the CISA KEV listing; I did not read a PoC or an exploitation report."},{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2014-6352","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6352","severity":null,"published_at":"2014-10-22T14:55:06+00:00","modified_at":"2026-06-17T00:12:57+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[{"id":967,"url":"https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-064","title":"Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-064","kind":"advisory","source":"analyst","text":null,"published_at":null,"relation":"advisory","confidence":null,"note":null}],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}