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SYSVOL cpassword: The GPP Field That Never DiedLegacy Group Policy Preferences store cpassword credentials in SYSVOL XML files encrypted with a static AES key Microsoft published years ago. MS14-025 blocked new GUI writes but never purged existing files, so any authenticated domain user can decrypt them instantly and gain shared local admin access fleet-wide. Open