CVE-2014-6324

Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

Act

*SSVC

Descriptions

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."

Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) en Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 y R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, y Windows Server 2012 Gold y R2, permite a usuarios remotos autenficados obtener privilegios de administrador de dominio a través de una firma falsificada en un ticket, tal y como fue utilizado activamente en Noviembre de 2014, también conocido como 'Vulnerabilidad de Kerberos Checksum.'

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP LoadRunner and Performance Center, Load Generator Virtual Machine Images, running Windows. The vulnerability in Windows running in virtual machine images provided with LoadRunner and Load Generator could be exploited remotely to allow elevation of privilege. Revision 1 of this advisory.

The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Microsoft allows remote authenticated domain users to obtain domain administrator privileges.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Act

Exploitation

Active

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-09-11 CVE Reserved
2014-11-18 CVE Published
2014-12-05 First Exploit
2022-03-25 Exploited in Wild
2022-04-15 KEV Due Date
2025-02-10 CVE Updated
2025-04-03 EPSS Updated

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (13)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/62556	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70958	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031237	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-323A	Third Party Advisory
https://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2014/12/16/digging-into-ms14-068-exploitation-and-defence
http://web.archive.org/web/20180107213459/https://github.com/bidord/pykek
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2014/12/25/12-days-of-haxmas-ms14-068-now-in-metasploit

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/180752	2024-08-31
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/189632	2025-03-07
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35474	2014-12-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/18/additional-information-about-cve-2014-6324.aspx	2014-11-18
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142350249315918&w=2	2019-02-26
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-068	2019-02-26

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 7 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 7"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 8 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 8"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 8.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 8.1"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2003 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2003"				*		sp2		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2008 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2008"				*		sp2		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2008 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2008"				r2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2008" and version "r2"		sp1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2012 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2012"				-		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2012 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2012"				r2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2012" and version "r2"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Vista Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Vista"				-		sp2		Affected