CVEs / CVE-2014-6324
CVE-2014-6324: Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 25 Mar 2022
- high 9 CVSS 2.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 87.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Microsoft allows remote authenticated domain users to obtain domain administrator privileges.
Description
The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, 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 allows remote authenticated domain users to obtain domain administrator privileges via a forged signature in a ticket, as exploited in the wild in November 2014, aka "Kerberos Checksum Vulnerability."
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 25 Mar 2022 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 15 Apr 2022 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply updates per vendor instructions. |
Severity
| CVSS 2.0 | 9 highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:CScored by NVD |
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References
- CVE-2014-6324 on NVD
- CVE-2014-6324 in the CISA KEV catalog
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/18/additional-information-about-cve-2014-6324.aspx Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142350249315918&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62556 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70958 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031237 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-323A Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-068 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-6324 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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