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title: "CVE-2014-1812: Insufficiently Protected Credentials | CubePath"
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…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1812
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# CVE-2014-1812: Insufficiently Protected Credentials | CubePath

## 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."

Official description from the CVE record, published by microsoft. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1812)

## Key data

### CVSS 3.1 High 8.8

Score published by CISA-ADP in the CVE record.

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

| Metric                 | Value     | What it means                                                                       |
| ---------------------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Attack vector          | Network   | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity      | Low       | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.               |
| Privileges required    | Low       | A basic user account is needed.                                                     |
| User interaction       | None      | No action from any user is needed.                                                  |
| Scope                  | Unchanged | The impact stays within the vulnerable component.                                   |
| Confidentiality impact | High      | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.                                     |
| Integrity impact       | High      | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.                             |
| Availability impact    | High      | Serious or total effect on availability.                                            |

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### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.65117 (65.1% probability)

Percentile

99.3%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

### CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Name in the catalog

Microsoft Windows Group Policy Preferences Password Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Added to the catalog

Nov 3, 2021

Federal due date

May 3, 2022

Ransomware campaigns

Known use

### CISA assessment as of Feb 10, 2025

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Exploitation

Recorded by CISA as active

Automatable

no

Technical impact

partial

### Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CWE license.

- [CWE-522](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/522.html) Insufficiently Protected Credentials

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [MS14-025](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-025)  (docs.microsoft.com) vendor-advisory
- [blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/05/13/ms14-025-an-upda…](http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/05/13/ms14-025-an-update-for-group-policy-preferences.aspx)

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Jan 29, 2014
2. Record published May 14, 2014
3. Added to CISA KEV Nov 3, 2021
4. Record last updated Oct 22, 2025

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