Vulnerability · CVE-2014-2817
Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Published Aug 12, 2014 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Internet Explorer
Patch now
CVE-2014-2817 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 15, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Internet Explorer against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High8.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 26.35%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe microsoft/internet explorer · vendor Microsoft Internet Explorer · vendor n/a n/a
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe microsoft/internet explorer10
- cpe microsoft/internet explorer11
- cpe microsoft/internet explorer6
- cpe microsoft/internet explorer7
- cpe microsoft/internet explorer8
- cpe microsoft/internet explorer9
- vendor Microsoft Internet Explorerversion unspecified
- vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2014-2817
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Jun 15, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2014-2817 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 15, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Internet Explorer against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with microsoft/internet explorer 10; microsoft/internet explorer 11; microsoft/internet explorer 6; microsoft/internet explorer 7. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-264. EPSS 26.35%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 12, 2014 · Catalog
Detected
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
May 25, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 15, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-2817
Microsoft Internet Explorer cotains an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2014-2817
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2014-2817
30-day exploitation probability 26.3%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2014-2817
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-2817
Microsoft Internet Explorer cotains an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site.
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.