CVE-2019-18631
The Windows component of Centrify Authentication and Privilege Elevation Services 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3...
CVE-2019-18631 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Centrify Privilege Elevation Service, published November 5, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.18%, the 68th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 7.8 HighCVSS 3.1, NVD
- Exploit chance
- 1.18%EPSS, 68th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
The Windows component of Centrify Authentication and Privilege Elevation Services 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.5.0, 3.5.1 (18.8), 3.5.2 (18.11), and 3.6.0 (19.6) does not properly handle an unspecified exception during use of partially trusted assemblies to serialize input data, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code inside the Centrify process via (1) a crafted application that makes a pipe connection to the process and sends malicious serialized data or (2) a crafted Microsoft Management Console snap-in control file.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Windows component of Centrify Authentication and Privilege Elevation Services 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.5.0, 3.5.1 (18.8), 3.5.2 (18.11), and 3.6.0 (19.6) does not properly handle an unspecified exception during use of partially trusted assemblies to serialize input data, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code inside the Centrify process via (1) a crafted application that makes a pipe connection to the process and sends malicious serialized data or (2) a crafted Microsoft Management Console snap-in control file.
- Record
CVE-2019-18631- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
The Windows component of Centrify Authentication and Privilege Elevation Services 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.5.0, 3.5.1 (18.8), 3.5.2 (18.11), and 3.6.0 (19.6) does not properly handle an unspecified exception during use of partially trusted assemblies to serialize input data, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code inside the Centrify process via (1) a crafted application that makes a pipe connection to the process and sends malicious serialized data or (2) a crafted Microsoft Management Console snap-in control file.
- Record
CVE-2019-18631- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-8354No score
The Windows component of Centrify Authentication and Privilege Elevation Services 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.5.0, 3.5.1 (18.8), 3.5.2 (18.11), and 3.6.0 (19.6) does not properly handle an unspecified exception during use of partially trusted assemblies to serialize input data, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code inside the Centrify process via (1) a crafted application that makes a pipe connection to the process and sends malicious serialized data or (2) a crafted Microsoft Management Console snap-in control file.
- Record
EUVD-2019-8354- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f46p-789m-h7j2No score
The Windows component of Centrify Authentication and Privilege Elevation Services 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3...
The Windows component of Centrify Authentication and Privilege Elevation Services 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.5.0, 3.5.1 (18.8), 3.5.2 (18.11), and 3.6.0 (19.6) does not properly handle an unspecified exception during use of partially trusted assemblies to serialize input data, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code inside the Centrify process via (1) a crafted application that makes a pipe connection to the process and sends malicious serialized data or (2) a crafted Microsoft Management Console snap-in control file.
- Record
GHSA-f46p-789m-h7j2- Weakness
- CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.