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CVE-2014-1812

CVE-2014-1812HIGH

n/a n/a — Microsoft Windows

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   L   N  U  H  H  H    8.8   .6512   99.2   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Jan 29  Reserved by microsoft
  May 14  Published (CNA: microsoft)
  Nov 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

CWE-522 · CNA: microsoft · CVSS v3.1 · 3 references · KEV due May 3, 2022

Description

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."

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
January 29, 2014	Reserved	Reserved by microsoft
May 14, 2014	Published	Published (CNA: microsoft)
November 3, 2021	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-522

References (3)

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/05/13/ms14-025-an-update-for-group-policy-preferences.aspx [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-025 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-1812 [government-resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2014-1812 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-522

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