# CVE-2019-18631: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-11-05 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://centrify.force.com/support/Article/KB-22420-Centrify-Agent-for-Windows-Remote-Code-Execution-Vulnerability

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