CVE-2014-1812
Microsoft Windows Group Policy Preferences Password Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
IN CISA KEV
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.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- CVSS
- No score recorded (no NVD record loaded for this entry)
- CWE
- CWE-255
- Published
- Not recorded
- NVD modified
- Not recorded
CISA KEV
- Date added
- 2021-11-03
- Due date
- 2022-05-03
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS
65.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 99th)
FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS
CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.
Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, CISA KEV catalog, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.