Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is an old Microsoft Office privilege escalation issue tied to the Simplified Chinese Proofing Tool. If affected Office versions are used with that tool enabled, Office may load an untrusted DLL from the working folder. The source bundle does not provide a CVSS score or evidence of active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted legacy-software risk. It is not supported here as actively exploited, but affected Office deployments should be identified and remediated because the issue enables privilege escalation.
Technical view
CVE-2014-1756 is an untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1/SP2, and 2013 Gold/SP1/RT/RT SP1 when Simplified Chinese Proofing Tool is enabled. A local user could gain privileges through a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory associated with an Office document.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to legacy Microsoft Office installations listed in the CVE, specifically where Simplified Chinese Proofing Tool is enabled. Environments without those versions or that tool enabled are not indicated as affected by the provided sources.
Exploitation context
The CVE describes local privilege escalation through DLL search-path behavior. CISA KEV status is false in the bundle, and no cited source here supports active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
Key constraints are product version, service pack, and Simplified Chinese Proofing Tool state. The source bundle does not include CVSS, CWE, detailed patch metadata, or exploit-in-the-wild evidence, so exposure validation should focus on asset inventory and MS14-023 status.
Mitigation direction
- Review Microsoft MS14-023 for vendor update and mitigation guidance.
- Inventory Office 2007, 2010, and 2013 installations named in the CVE.
- Check whether Simplified Chinese Proofing Tool is enabled on those systems.
- Prioritize remediation or isolation of affected legacy Office deployments.
Validation and detection
- Confirm installed Office version and service pack level on endpoints.
- Verify whether Simplified Chinese Proofing Tool is installed or enabled.
- Map affected systems to user groups handling Office documents.
- Check patch status against Microsoft MS14-023 guidance.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- MS14-023CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
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