CVE-2014-7298

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.

Published: 2014-10-24 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-7298 is rated Low Risk (30/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7298

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.37% +0.32%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7298

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-7298

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7298

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
centrify directcontrol 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:centrify:directcontrol:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
centrify directcontrol 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:centrify:directcontrol:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
centrify centrify_suite 2008 cpe:2.3:a:centrify:centrify_suite:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
centrify centrify_suite 2012 cpe:2.3:a:centrify:centrify_suite:2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
centrify centrify_suite 2012.5 cpe:2.3:a:centrify:centrify_suite:2012.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
centrify centrify_suite 2014.1 cpe:2.3:a:centrify:centrify_suite:2014.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7298

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