QID 375648

Date Published: 2021-07-15

QID 375648: Centrify Service Suite agent (DirectControl) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Centrify Service Suite agent DC includes instructions for installing all identity and privilege management, audit and monitoring service, and multi-factor authentication components

Affected Version:
Centrify Service Suite agent (DirectControl) versions prior to 2020.1
Centrify Service Suite agent (DirectControl) versions prior to 5.7.1

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
On Linux systems, this QID detects vulnerable CentrifyDC versions by sending adinfo --version command.

Successful exploitation can result in a heap-based buffer overflow, which allows privilege escalation.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.2 severity.
  • Solution
    Centrify has relesed fixes for this vulnerability in version 2020.1 and 5.7.1 to remediate this vulnerability.

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    CVE-2021-3156 URL Logo centrify.force.com/support/Article/KB-47815-Is-Centrify-affected-by-sudo-vulnerability-in-CVE-2021-3156
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