CVE-2014-1756

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, and 2013 Gold, SP1, RT, and RT SP1, when the Simplified Chinese Proofing Tool is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .docx file, aka "Microsoft Office Chinese Grammar Checking Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 14, 2014
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2014-1756: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix