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CVE-2014-6324: Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-25
• EPSS: 87.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-11-18 · updated 2026-06-17

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 products

• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/18/additional-information-about-cve-2014-6324.aspx
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142350249315918&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62556
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70958
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031237
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-323A
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-068
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/18/additional-information-about-cve-2014-6324.aspx
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142350249315918&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62556
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70958
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031237

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