CVE-2014-1812

critical-risk
Published 2014-05-14

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."

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83.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 17% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (9)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (5)

Third Party Advisory http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/05/13/ms14-025-an-update-for-group-p...
Patch https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-02...
Third Party Advisory http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/05/13/ms14-025-an-update-for-group-p...
Patch https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-02...
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-...
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critical-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 27/34 · High
Exposure 15/34 · Moderate