Citrix Secure Access Client on macOS Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Citrix Secure Access Client on macOS. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-1222. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Citrix Secure Access Client on macOS (affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An attacker can gain application privileges in order to perform limited modification and/or read arbitrary data in Citrix Secure Access Client for Mac

The advisory is available at support.citrix.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-1222 since 02/11/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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Productinfo

Type

Connectivity Software

Vendor

Citrix

Name

Secure Access Client

License

commercial

Website

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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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

02/11/2025 🔍
02/20/2025 +9 days 🔍
02/20/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/06/2025 +167 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: citrix.com

Advisory: CTX692679
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-1222 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-1222
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-296346

Entryinfo

Created: 02/20/2025 07:57
Updated: 08/06/2025 22:18
Changes: 02/20/2025 07:57 (67), 02/20/2025 13:24 (1), 08/06/2025 22:18 (11)
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