CVE-2014-6324: Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Reference page built from the source records below, each shown as its source publishes it. Dataset version ref-b5c842e96db5, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name: Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC)
Added to the catalog: 2022-03-25
Due date for US federal agencies: 2022-04-15
Weaknesses: CWE-264
Catalog version: 2026.10.30

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

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6324

Read on 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z under licence cisa-kev-cc0@b0067899 from https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

NVD analysis

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2014-11-18T23:59:02.503
Last modified: 2026-06-17T00:12:54.610
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfo

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."

Metric	Score	Severity	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	8.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	9	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C	[email protected] (Primary)

References

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/18/additional-information-about-cve-2014-6324.aspx (Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142350249315918&w=2 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62556 (Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70958 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031237 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-323A (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-068 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/18/additional-information-about-cve-2014-6324.aspx (Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142350249315918&w=2 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62556 (Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70958 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031237 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-323A (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-068 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-6324 (US Government Resource)

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

Read on 2026-11-02T23:41:28.906Z under licence nvd-api-terms-of-use@ff2a5288 from https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2014-6324

CVE record

Assigner: microsoft
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2014-11-18T23:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2025-10-22T00:05:34.565Z
Problem types: n/a

References

1031237
HPSBMU03224
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/11/18/additional-information-about-cve-2014-6324.aspx
70958
MS14-068
SSRT101864
TA14-323A
62556

Read on 2026-11-03T00:25:31.458Z under licence cve-terms-of-use@81bfa2f3 from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2014/6xxx/CVE-2014-6324.json

Sources and licences

CISA
Source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30, CC0 1.0. Use of this data does not imply endorsement by CISA or DHS.
CC0 1.0 Universal
National Vulnerability Database (NIST)
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
NVD API Terms of Use (NIST publications in the public domain, 17 U.S.C. 105)
CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation
Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a trademark and the CVE logo is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. CVE Usage: MITRE hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE™). Any copy you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you reproduce MITRE's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.
CVE Program Terms of Use ("CVE Usage" licence)

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2014-6324: Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-b5c842e96db5, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2014-6324 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T00:12:54.610.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-22T00:05:34.565Z.

Pages change. The dataset version identifies the data, but no archive of old versions is kept, so this citation cannot be replayed later.

CISA KEV index