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Actively exploited · Published Nov 18, 2014 · Assigned by microsoft

CVE-2014-6324

High 8.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) from Microsoft. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 25, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 87.3% (higher than 99.8% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)87.3%top 0.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Mar 25, 2022
Attack tooling1Metasploit

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Apr 15, 2022.

Official 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 (as reported)

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