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."
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:itanium:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

10 Feb 2025, 21:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : 9.0
v3 : unknown
v2 : 9.0
v3 : 8.8
CWE CWE-522

Information

Published : 2014-05-14 11:13

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46


NVD link : CVE-2014-1812

Mitre link : CVE-2014-1812

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-1812


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Products Affected

microsoft

  • windows_7
  • windows_server_2008
  • windows_8.1
  • windows_vista
  • windows_8
  • windows_server_2012
CWE
CWE-255

Credentials Management Errors

CWE-522

Insufficiently Protected Credentials