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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2020-8269 – Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops privilege escalation

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper privilege management. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary command execution as SYSTEM.

Impact

Privilege escalation

Affected Vendors

Citrix

Affected Products

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Remediation

Refer to CTX285059 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

CTX285059

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