MS14-025: Description of the security update for Group Policy Preferences for systems that don't have update 2919355 installed: May 13, 2014

MS14-025: Description of the security update for Group Policy Preferences for systems that don't have update 2919355 installed: May 13, 2014 INTRODUCTION Microsoft has released security bulletin MS14-025. To learn more about this security bulletin: Home users:...

The May 2014 Security Updates

Today, we released eight security bulletins – two rated Critical and six rated Important – to address 13 Common Vulnerability & Exposures CVEs in .NET Framework, Office, SharePoint, Internet Explorer, and Windows. We encourage you to apply all of these updates, but for those who need to prioritiz...

MS14-025: An Update for Group Policy Preferences

Today, we released an update to address a vulnerability in Group Policy Preferences MS14-025. Group Policy Preferences was an addition made to Group Policy to extend its capabilities. Among other things, Group Policy Preferences allows an administrator to configure: Local administrator accounts...

MS14-025: Vulnerability in Group Policy Preferences could allow elevation of privilege: May 13, 2014

Resolves a vulnerability in Windows that could allow elevation of privilege if Active Directory Group Policy Preferences extensions are used to distribute passwords across the domain. This practice could allow an attacker to retrieve and decrypt the password that is stored together with Group...