Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP…

published 2014-04-08 12y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-0353

cvss: 6.9; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 14.6%; EPSS 14.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits: 0; none known

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse cmd.exe file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .bat or .cmd file, aka "Windows File Handling Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

links 1

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-019 advisory

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Exploit prediction

14.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

References

docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-019
vendor-advisory, patch
blogs.technet.com /b/srd/archive/2014/04/08/ms14-019-fixing-a-binary-hijacking-via-cmd-or-bat-file.aspx
third-party-advisory
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/33
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-0315
NVD CVE-2014-0315

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