Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-6151. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. 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:

Local Privilege escalation allows a low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM privileges in Virtual Delivery Agent for Windows used by Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS

The advisory is shared at support.citrix.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-6151 since 06/18/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/25/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Connectivity Software

Vendor

Citrix

Name

Virtual Apps and Desktops

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.citrix.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/18/2024 🔍
07/09/2024 +21 days 🔍
07/09/2024 +0 days 🔍
07/25/2025 +381 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: citrix.com

Advisory: CTX678035
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-6151 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6151
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-270889

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2024 21:06
Updated: 07/25/2025 18:02
Changes: 07/09/2024 21:06 (52), 07/11/2024 10:09 (2), 07/11/2024 12:49 (1), 07/25/2025 18:02 (22)
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