CVE-2014-1812
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."
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 8.8 High
- Status
- Analyzed - secure@microsoft.com
- Published
- 2014-05-14
- Last modified
- 2025-10-22
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- since 2021-11-03, action due 2022-05-03: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Weaknesses
- CWE-255, CWE-522
Affected products
- Windows 7 (Microsoft)
- Windows 8 (Microsoft)
- Windows 8.1 (Microsoft)
- Windows Server 2008 (Microsoft)
- Windows Server 2012 (Microsoft)
- Windows Vista (Microsoft)
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
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-1812
