THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-6357
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-6357

Office vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
14.3%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Office 2013 Gold and SP1, Office 2013 RT Gold and SP1, Office for Mac 2011, Word Viewer, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 Gold and SP1, and Office Web Apps 2010 SP2 and 2013 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Use After Free Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Office
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2014-12-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-6357

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Office is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-6357.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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