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High · 8.8 Known exploited · Ransomware Public exploit CVE-2014-1812 EUVD-2014-1886GHSA-cm2m-vv5g-hpc2

The Group Policy implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, …

Published May 14, 2014 · Updated Oct 22, 2025 · Assigned by microsoft

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."

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Metasploit 1 module

GitHub 1 repository

  • mauricelambert/gpp-encrypt ★ 0 · May 22, 2023

    This little script encrypts password to gpp cpassword. It useful to create vulnerable lab AD (CVE-2014-1812).

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