# CVE-2014-1812: Microsoft Windows Group Policy Preferences Password Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

> CVE-2014-1812: Microsoft Windows Group Policy Preferences Password Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2014-1812
Last updated: 2025-10-22T00:05:37Z

- Published: 2014-05-14 10:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05 UTC · Assigner: microsoft
- CVSS: 8.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 65.1%, 99th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2021-11-03, federal due date 2022-05-03, ransomware use: Known

## 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."

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Microsoft: Windows

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1812)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1812)
- [http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/05/13/ms14-025-an-update-for-group-policy-preferences.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/05/13/ms14-025-an-update-for-group-policy-preferences.aspx)
- [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-025](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-025)

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