CVE-2014-6324: Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, 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 allows remote authenticated domain users to obtain domain administrator privileges via a forged signature in a ticket, as exploited in the wild in November 2014, aka "Kerberos Checksum Vulnerability."
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Microsoft: Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC)
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/18/additional-information-about-cve-2014-6324.a… (opens in new tab)
- marc.info (opens in new tab)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-068 (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/62556 (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/70958 (opens in new tab)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031237 (opens in new tab)
- www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-323A (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)