What is the CVSS score of CVE-2014-7298?

CVE-2014-7298 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.9 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Directcontrol CVE-2014-7298

MEDIUM

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)

2014-10-24 cve@mitre.org

Privilege Escalation Directcontrol Centrify Suite

4.9

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

4.9 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Confidentiality

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Oct 24, 2014 - 10:55 cve.org

MEDIUM 4.9

DescriptionCVE.org

adsetgroups in Centrify Server Suite 2008 through 2014.1 and Centrify DirectControl 3.x through 4.2.0 on Linux and UNIX allows local users to read arbitrary files with root privileges by leveraging improperly protected setuid functionality.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-264. adsetgroups in Centrify Server Suite 2008 through 2014.1 and Centrify DirectControl 3.x through 4.2.0 on Linux and UNIX allows local users to read arbitrary files with root privileges by leveraging improperly protected setuid functionality. Affected products include: Centrify Directcontrol, Centrify Centrify Suite. Version information: through 2014.1.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.