CVE-2020-8270 (GCVE-0-2020-8270)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-16 00:35 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:56
VLAI
Summary
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
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-78 - OS Command Injection (CWE-78)
Assigner
hackerone CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 59/100 over 186 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Affected: 2009, 1912 LTSR CU1 hotfixes CTX285871 and CTX285872, 7.15 LTSR CU6 hotfix CTX285341 and CTX285342
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