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."

CVSS v2.0 9.0 HIGH

9.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/05/13/ms14-025-an-update-for-group-policy-preferences.aspx	Third Party Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-025	Patch Vendor Advisory

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

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-05-14 11:13

Updated : 2024-02-28 12:20

NVD link : CVE-2014-1812

Mitre link : CVE-2014-1812

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-1812

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows_8.1
windows_7
windows_server_2012
windows_vista
windows_server_2008
windows_8

CWE

CWE-255

Credentials Management Errors

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