CVE-2014-0315

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

Publication date:

08/04/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse cmd.exe file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .bat or .cmd file, aka "Windows File Handling Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

6.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::itanium:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:::professional:::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::itanium:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:::professional:::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::

CVE-2014-0315

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools