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CVE-2014-1812Microsoft Windows Group Policy Preferences Password Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
The Group Policy implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 does not properly handle distribution of passwords, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive credential information and consequently gain privileges by leveraging access to the SYSVOL share, as exploited in the wild in May 2014, aka "Group Policy Preferences Password Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
8.8 HIGHEPSS 65.11%⚡ Known Exploited (CISA KEV)NVD: Analyzed
Overview
Severity
| Score | Severity | Version | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | HIGH | 3.1CISA-ADP | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 9.0 | HIGH | 2.0NVD | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
CISA required action
⚡ Known exploited · remediation due May 3, 2022
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Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2014-1812
- Status
- Analyzed
- Assigner (CNA)
- microsoft
- Published
- May 14, 2014
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17 00:05 UTC
Affected Products
From NVD CPE configurations.
microsoftwindows 70 version ranges
No version detail published.
microsoftwindows 80 version ranges
No version detail published.
microsoftwindows 8.10 version ranges
No version detail published.
microsoftwindows server 20081 version range
- r2 sp1
microsoftwindows server 20121 version range
- r2
microsoftwindows vista0 version ranges
No version detail published.
References
- blogs.technet.com http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/05/13/ms14-025-an-update-for-group-policy-preferences.aspx
- docs.microsoft.com https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-025
- cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-1812