CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-1756

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, and 2013 Gold, SP1, RT, and RT SP1 have an untrusted search path vulnerability. This allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory when the Simplified Chinese Proofing Tool is enabled.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation by local users, posing a significant threat to the security of the system and the organization's data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to disable the Simplified Chinese Proofing Tool and to monitor and restrict access to working directories to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, and 2013 Gold, SP1, RT, and RT SP1, when the Simplified Chinese Proofing Tool is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .docx file, aka "Microsoft Office Chinese Grammar Checking Vulnerability."

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS