Citrix Provisioning Services up to 7.11 Kernel Memory information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Citrix Provisioning Services up to 7.11. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes information disclosure (Kernel Memory). This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-9677. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Citrix Provisioning Services up to 7.11 (Connectivity Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Kernel Memory). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Citrix Provisioning Services before 7.12 allows attackers to obtain sensitive kernel address information via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 01/17/2017. The weakness was disclosed 01/18/2017 by Fabien Perigaud with Airbus (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-9677 since 11/30/2016. 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 T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96630 (Citrix Provisioning Services 7.x < 7.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities (CTX219580)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 7.12 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (96630) and SecurityFocus (BID 95620†). The entries VDB-95526, VDB-95528, VDB-95529 and VDB-95530 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Kernel Memory
Class: Information disclosure / Kernel Memory
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 96630
Nessus Name: Citrix Provisioning Services 7.x < 7.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities (CTX219580)
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OpenVAS ID: 801854
OpenVAS Name: Citrix Provisioning Services Remote Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Provisioning Services 7.12

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: citrix.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Fabien Perigaud
Organization: Airbus
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-9677 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9677
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95527
SecurityFocus: 95620 - Citrix Provisioning Services Remote Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-9677 - Citrix - Provisioning Services - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037625

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2017 09:47
Updated: 05/14/2026 00:50
Changes: 01/19/2017 09:47 (72), 07/24/2020 18:54 (9), 11/01/2022 14:51 (3), 05/14/2026 00:50 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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