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CVE-2014-4113
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Microsoft Win32k vulnerability
Microsoft Win32k contains an unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
This vulnerability enables attackers to escalate privileges on affected Windows systems. Active exploitation in the wild combined with a high EPSS score indicates significant risk to unpatched systems.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Public proof-of-concept exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
11 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 2022-05-04).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.87042 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Microsoft, Win32k. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-264 Permissions/Privileges/Access Control — weakness family: Authorization / access control.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
I gain initial access to a Windows system through a separate vulnerability or social engineering.
Business
An attacker establishes a foothold on the network with limited user-level permissions.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I exploit the Win32k privilege escalation flaw to elevate my permissions to system or administrator level.
Business
The attacker obtains elevated privileges, enabling full system compromise and lateral movement.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges to install malware, steal data, or maintain persistence.
Business
The organization faces data theft, system compromise, and potential operational disruption.
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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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