CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-6324
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC)
The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Microsoft allows remote authenticated domain users to obtain domain administrator privileges.
- Added to KEV
- 2022-03-25
- Remediation due
- 2022-04-15
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6324
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2014-11-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows 8
• microsoft windows 8.1
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows server 2012
• microsoft windows server 2012 r2
References
- 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
- 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