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

BOD 26-04 remediation window

With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: no, technical impact: partial), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 14 days on a publicly exposed asset (row 4) and 14 days on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 12) ^S06. The catalogue due date, 181 days after the date added, was set before BOD 26-04 took effect on 10 June 2026 ^S06. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.

What CISA says

Short description

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.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1812

CWE in the catalogue

CWE-255

Official links

• CISA KEV catalogue entry cisa.gov
• NVD record nvd.nist.gov

Vendor advisory and patch links

References NVD tags Vendor Advisory or Patch, exactly as NVD lists them.

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-025 Patch, Vendor Advisory

Links in CISA's notes

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1812

NVD details

CWE (NVD)

CWE-255 by nvd@nist.gov, CWE-522 by CISA ADP

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS versions in NVD

V2, V31

Last modified in NVD

2026-06-17T00:05:35.860

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