Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script with increased privileges via unspecified vectors, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2777.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-1778 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 22.72%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.83% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34010 | exploit_db | edb | 2014-07-08 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-01-25 | 19.88% | 22.72% | +2.83% |
| 2 | 2025-09-02 | 17.69% | 19.88% | +2.19% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 17.69% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 8 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 9 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 10 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 11 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |