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Microsoft IME Japanese Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Project:Microsoft

Product:Input Method Editor (IME) Japanese

Date Added:2022-05-25Due Date::2022-06-15

Vulnerability Name

Microsoft IME Japanese Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description

Microsoft Input Method Editor (IME) Japanese is a keyboard with Japanese characters that can be enabled on Windows systems as it is included by default (with the default set as disabled). IME Japanese contains an unspecified vulnerability when IMJPDCT.EXE (IME for Japanese) is installed which allows attackers to bypass a sandbox and perform privilege escalation.

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns?

Unknown

Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Additional Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4077

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