# CVE-2014-4077

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, and Office 2007 SP3, when IMJPDCT.EXE (aka IME for Japanese) is installed, allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via a crafted PDF document, aka "Microsoft IME (Japanese) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in 2014.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2014-4077
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-05-25; CISA due date 2022-06-15
- EPSS: 54.58% (percentile 99.0)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-10)
- Published: 2014-11-11

## Affected

- microsoft:office_2007_ime
- microsoft:windows_7
- microsoft:windows_server_2003
- microsoft:windows_server_2008
- microsoft:windows_vista

## References

- [other] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031197
- [other] http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/11/assessing-risk-for-the-november-2014-security-updates.aspx
- [advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-078
- [other] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031196
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-4077

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