CVE-2014-1812
Microsoft Windows Group Policy Preferences Password Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Published
- May 14, 2014
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Nov 3, 2021
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.2%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
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."
Sources
1- gpp-encryptExploit
This little script encrypts password to gpp cpassword. It useful to create vulnerable lab AD (CVE-2014-1812).
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