Is CVE-2014-1812 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2014-1812 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2021-11-03, and has known ransomware campaign use.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-1812?

CVE-2014-1812 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-1812?

CVE-2014-1812 has an EPSS score of 65.12% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2014-1812?

No published fix for CVE-2014-1812 has been found yet. It is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list; federal agencies must remediate by 2022-05-03. Apply the vendor's mitigations per CISA's guidance.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-1812

HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 99th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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."

CWE-255 CWE-522

How to fix

Actively exploited, no published fix found yet

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal remediation due: 2022-05-03

Known ransomware campaign use

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

65.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

Microsoft Windows Group Policy Preferences Password Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-05-03

Associated with ransomware campaigns

References

Patch1

docs.microsoft.com

Third-Party Advisory1

blogs.technet.com

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-255 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2010-0219	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2013-4786	High	7.5	82%	-	-
CVE-2014-9195	High	10.0	81%	-	-
CVE-2009-3548	High	7.5	79%	-	-
CVE-2009-4189	High	10.0	79%	-	-
CVE-2017-8229	Critical	9.8	74%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-22.