CVE-2014-1812
CVE-2014-1812
In short
Microsoft Windows has a flaw in Group Policy that stores passwords in a way that can be read by attackers who access a shared network folder. This allows them to steal credentials and gain administrative access to computers.
Technical detail
The Group Policy Preferences implementation fails to properly encrypt or protect passwords stored in the SYSVOL share, allowing authenticated network users to retrieve plaintext or easily decryptable credential material. An attacker with read access to SYSVOL can extract these credentials and escalate privileges to administrative level across affected systems.
Summary generated and translated by AI from the official 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."
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 1
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