Threats / Microsoft / CVE-2014-1761
CVE-2014-1761
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Microsoft Word vulnerability
Microsoft Word memory corruption vulnerability enabling remote code execution. Actively exploited in the wild with high exploit probability.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A buffer overflow in Word processing allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through crafted documents. The vulnerability has been observed in active exploitation campaigns, presenting immediate risk to users opening untrusted files.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
20 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-02-15).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.77734 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Microsoft, Word. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-119 Memory Buffer Bounds Error — weakness family: Memory safety.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
Craft a malicious Word document containing specially formatted data that triggers a memory corruption flaw during parsing.
Business
Users who open the document unknowingly execute attacker code with their privileges, compromising system integrity and data confidentiality.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
Distribute the weaponized document via email, file sharing, or web hosting to maximize exposure among target organizations.
Business
Enterprise endpoints become infected, enabling lateral movement, credential theft, and persistent network compromise.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
Establish command and control communication from compromised systems to exfiltrate sensitive data or deploy additional malware.
Business
Intellectual property, financial records, and customer data are stolen or destroyed, resulting in regulatory fines and reputational damage.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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