May 25, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2014-4077 — Microsoft Input Method Editor (IME) Japanese
Microsoft IME Japanese Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-05-25- Federal due date
2022-06-15- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Input Method Editor (IME) Japanese
- EPSS
- 97.9th percentile (score 0.513, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4077
CISA short 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.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.