{
    "id": "CVE-2014-6324",
    "published": "2014-11-18 23:59:02",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:12:54",
    "cvss_score": "8.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.\"",
    "epss_score": "0.87335",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99751",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-04-15",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:19:42",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-04-15."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_7"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_8"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_8.1"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_server_2003"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_server_2008"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_server_2012"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2014-6324",
        "date_added": "2022-03-25",
        "due_date": "2022-04-15",
        "vendor": "Microsoft",
        "product": "Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC)",
        "name": "Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "35474",
            "title": "Microsoft Windows Kerberos - Privilege Escalation (MS14-068)",
            "date": "2014-12-05",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35474"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-323A",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-068",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-6324"
    ]
}