CVE-2014-6324 on CISA KEV

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 administrat

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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…

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031237
• marc.info — http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142350249315918&w=2
• blogs.technet.com — http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/18/additional-information-about-c…
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70958
• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-06…
• marc.info — http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142350249315918&w=2
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-323A
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/62556

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

06Detection

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