CVE-2021-22928 — Improper Privilege Management in Citrix Virtual Apps AND Desktops

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege ManagementCWE-284 — Improper Access Control4 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Citrix Virtual Apps AND DesktopsCitrix XenappCitrix Xendesktop+3 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 5
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops that could, if exploited, allow a user of a Windows VDA that has either Citrix Profile Management or Citrix Profile Management WMI Plugin installed to escalate their privilege level on that Windows VDA to SYSTEM.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages9 packages

▶NVDcitrix/xenapp7.15
▶citrixcitrix/xenapp

Patches

Patch: support.citrix.com ↗Patch: support.citrix.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-469p-6wj5-vcqr: A vulnerability has been identified in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops that could, if exploited, allow a user of a Windows VDA that has either Citrix↗2022-05-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Citrix
CVE-2021-22928: A vulnerability has been identified in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops that could, if exploited, allow a user of a Windows VDA that has either Citrix↗2021-08-05
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Citrix
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Security Update↗2021-07-13
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