A vulnerability has been found in Citrix ICA Client 6.1 on Windows (Connectivity Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component ICA File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) Client for Windows 6.1 allows remote malicious web sites to execute arbitrary code via a .ICA file, which is downloaded and automatically executed by the client.

The weakness was presented 12/13/2001 by Michiel Kikkert (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-1192. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (7697).

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• Connectivity Software

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• Citrix

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• ICA Client

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• 6.1

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• commercial

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