High severity · published Jul 11, 2023
CVE-2023-24491
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Citrix Secure Access client for Windows which, if exploited, could allow an attacker with access to an endpoint with Standard User…
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Citrix Secure Access client for Windows
which, if exploited, could allow an attacker with access to an endpoint with Standard User Account that has the vulnerable client installed to escalate their local privileges to that of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Secure Access Client · Citrix
before 23.5.1.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24491
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24491
Vendor Advisory
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX561480/citrix-secure-access-client-for-windows-security-bulletin-for-cve202324491
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