Threat Encyclopedia
Vulnerability in Group Policy Preferences Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
Description
This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if Active Directory Group Policy preferences are used to distribute passwords across the domain - a practice that could allow an attacker to retrieve and decrypt the password stored with Group Policy preferences.
Affected Applications
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
CVE References
CVE-2014-1812Other References
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2014-1812
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