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CVE-2014-4077

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.47679
Risk score
72.89
CISA KEV
Yes
PoC
No
Published
2014-11-11
Modified
2025-10-22
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2014-4008, GHSA-5RF9-J2CV-922C
Products
Microsoft:Input Method Editor (IME) Japanese, n/a:n/a n/a
Sources
cisa.gov CVE-2014-4077
euvd EUVD-2014-4008

Description

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, and Office 2007 SP3, when IMJPDCT.EXE (aka IME for Japanese) is installed, allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via a crafted PDF document, aka "Microsoft IME (Japanese) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in 2014.

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