# CVE-2014-6324: Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

> CVE-2014-6324: Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2014-6324
Last updated: 2025-10-22T00:05:34Z

- Published: 2014-11-18 23:00 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: 87.3%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-03-25, federal due date 2022-04-15, ransomware use: Unknown

## 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."

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Microsoft: Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6324)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6324)
- [http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/18/additional-information-about-cve-2014-6324.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/18/additional-information-about-cve-2014-6324.aspx)
- [http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142350249315918&w=2](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142350249315918&w=2)
- [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-068](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-068)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/62556](http://secunia.com/advisories/62556)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70958](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70958)
- [http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031237](http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031237)
- [http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-323A](http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-323A)

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