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A vulnerability in the Group Policy implementation of multiple Microsoft Windows versions exposes credentials distributed through Group Policy Preferences. The flaw stems from improper handling of password distribution in Group Policy Preferences, allowing remote authenticated users with access to the SYSVOL share to retrieve sensitive credential information. Because those stored credentials can belong to privileged accounts, an attacker can use the recovered secrets to elevate privileges within the affected Windows environment. The issue was exploited in the wild in 2014.
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A Microsoft vulnerability that CISA KEV’s knownRansomwareCampaignUse field silently flipped to Known during 2025 (evidence of ransomware campaign use).
A vulnerability in Group Policy Preferences that allows remote authenticated users to obtain plaintext passwords from SYSVOL, leading to privilege escalation.
A Windows privilege escalation vulnerability listed among the stolen FireEye exploit payloads.
A vulnerability included in FireEye's list of 16 CVEs for which protections can help limit the effectiveness of stolen red-team tools.
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