CVE-2020-8257: Improper privilege management on services run by Citrix Gateway Plug-in for Windows, versions before and including 13.0-61.48 and 12.1-58.15, lead to privilege…

PriorityP352critical9.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.63%

73.5th percentile

Improper privilege management on services run by Citrix Gateway Plug-in for Windows, versions before and including 13.0-61.48 and 12.1-58.15, lead to privilege escalation attacks

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
citrix	citrix_adm	—	—
citrix	citrix_hypervisor	—	—
citrix	citrix_virtual_apps_and_desktops	—	—
citrix	endpoint_management	—	—
citrix	gateway_plug-in	12.0 – 12.1-58.15	—
citrix	gateway_plug-in	13.0 – 13.0-61.48	—
citrix	netscaler_adc	—	—
citrix	netscaler_gateway	—	—
citrix	xenserver	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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