CVE-2014-1812
high · 8.8Actively exploitedOn the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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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
CVSS
64.9%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2014-05-14
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-255CWE-522
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_7 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_8 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_8.1 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | r2 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | r2 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2012 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_server_2012 | r2 |
| microsoft | windows_vista | all versions |
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References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/05/13/ms14-025-an-update-for-group-policy-preferences.aspx
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-025
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/05/13/ms14-025-an-update-for-group-policy-preferences.aspx
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-025
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-1812
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