CVE-2014-7298 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Centrify Server Suite (2008-2014.1) and DirectControl (3.x-4.2.0) on Linux and UNIX systems. An attacker can leverage improperly protected setuid functionality in the adsetgroups utility to read arbitrary files with root privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but with a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:centrify:directcontrol:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:centrify:directcontrol:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2008CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:centrify:centrify_suite:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2012CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:centrify:centrify_suite:2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2012.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:centrify:centrify_suite:2012.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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