Vulnerability · Published Nov 16, 2020 · Assigned by hackerone

CVE-2020-8270

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity OS command injection in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.5% (higher than 89% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.5%top 10.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An unprivileged Windows user on the VDA or an SMB user can perform arbitrary command execution as SYSTEM in CVAD versions before 2009, 1912 LTSR CU1 hotfixes CTX285871 and CTX285872, 7.15 LTSR CU6 hotfix CTX285341 and CTX285342

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2009, 1912 LTSR CU1 hotfixes CTX285871 and CTX285872, 7.15 LTSR CU6 hotfix CTX285341 and CTX285342

Weakness: CWE-78

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