HIGHCVSS v3.1 8.8Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2021-11-03Vulnerability
CVE-2014-1812
Microsoft Windows Active Directory contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it distributes passwords that are configured using Group Policy preferences. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploits the vulnerability could decrypt the passwords and use them to elevate privileges on the domain.
Properties
- Vulnerability name
- Microsoft Windows Group Policy Preferences Password Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- First seen
- 2025-10-22T00:05:37+00:00
- Cvss score
- 8.8
- Epss score
- 0.65117
- Last seen
- 2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
- Due date
- 2022-05-03
- Euvd assigner
- microsoft
- Retrieved at
- 2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
- Exploited euvd since
- 2021-11-03T00:00:00+00:00
- Src batch id
- epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
- Source url
- https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
- Date added
- 2021-11-03
- Score
- 8.8
- Euvd base score version
- 3.1
- Fetched at
- 2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
- Cvss vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- In Signal since
- initial import (Sep 2026)
- Euvd base score
- 8.8
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Vendor project
- Microsoft
Related Entities (13)
AFFECTS_PRODUCT (9)
HAS_WEAKNESS (2)
DESCRIBES (1)
INVOLVES (1)
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