8.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2014-1812

CVSSv4: NA | CVSSv3: 8.8 | CVSSv2: 9 | VMScore: 980 | EPSS: 0.72014 | KEV: Exploitation Reported
Published: 14/05/2014 Updated: 12/04/2025

Vulnerability Summary

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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