CVE-2014-4077
Microsoft IME Japanese Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
IN CISA KEV
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.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Input Method Editor (IME) Japanese
- CVSS
- No score recorded (no NVD record loaded for this entry)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Not recorded
- NVD modified
- Not recorded
CISA KEV
- Date added
- 2022-05-25
- Due date
- 2022-06-15
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS
54.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 99th)
FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS
CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.
Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, CISA KEV catalog, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.