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 v3.1

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

9.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

65.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

CISA KEV

added 2021-11-03, used in ransomware campaigns

Published

2014-05-14

Updated

2025-10-22

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/smb/smb_enum_gpp.rb

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2014-1806
• CVE-2014-1815
• CVE-2014-1805
• CVE-2014-1836
• CVE-2014-1804
• CVE-2014-1841