CVE-2014-0268

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 22.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 through 11 does not properly restrict file installation and registry-key creation, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Mandatory Integrity Control protection mechanism via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 8, 9, 10, 11

References

http://osvdb.org/103165
http://secunia.com/advisories/56796
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65392
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029741
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-010
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90756
http://osvdb.org/103165
http://secunia.com/advisories/56796
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65392
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029741
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-010
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90756

Get alerted when CVE-2014-0268 or the next vulnerability affects your stack