SB2014051303 - Privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows
Published: May 13, 2014 Updated: March 11, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014051303
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1812)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to the method passwords are distributed when configured using group policy preference. A remote authenticated attacker can obtain sensitive credential information and consequently gain privileges by leveraging access to the SYSVOL share.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.