THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-6363
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-6363

Vbscript vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
28.4%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
vbscript.dll in Microsoft VBScript 5.6 through 5.8, as used with Internet Explorer 6 through 11 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "VBScript Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Vbscript
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
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 28.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-6363

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Vbscript is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-6363.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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