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CVE-2014-1764

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging "object confusion" in a broker process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2014.

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Severity

N/A

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.7106 (71.1%)
Percentile: 98.7%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

microsoft:internet_explorer

Technical description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging "object confusion" in a broker process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2014.

Published: 4/27/2014, 10:55:03 AM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

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