Description
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."
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/04/08/ms14-019-fixing-a-binary-hijacking-via-cmd-or-bat-file.aspx
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-019
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/33
Scores
EPSS
0.1462
EPSS Percentile
96.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-426
Status
published
Products (12)
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_8
microsoft/windows_8.1
microsoft/windows_rt
microsoft/windows_rt_8.1
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2008
microsoft/windows_server_2008
r2 sp1 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2012
microsoft/windows_server_2012
r2
... and 2 more
Published
Apr 08, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026