CVE-2014-6324

high

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."

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-068

http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-323A

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142350249315918&w=2

https://web.archive.org/web/20210104144857/https://shared-public-reports.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/APT27+turns+to+ransomware.pdf

https://www.secureworks.com/research/bronze-union

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-6324

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2014-6208

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031237

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70958

http://secunia.com/advisories/62556

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/18/additional-information-about-cve-2014-6324.aspx

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-11-18

Updated: 2026-06-17

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.87335