Citrix Provisioning Services up to 7.11 use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Citrix Provisioning Services up to 7.11. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-9678. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Citrix Provisioning Services up to 7.11 (Connectivity Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Citrix Provisioning Services before 7.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 01/17/2017. The weakness was presented 01/18/2017 by Fabien Perigaud with Airbus (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-9678 since 11/30/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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†). See VDB-95526, VDB-95527, VDB-95529 and VDB-95530 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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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-2016-9678 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9678
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95528
SecurityFocus: 95620 - Citrix Provisioning Services Remote Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-9678 - Citrix - Provisioning Services - Use-After-Free 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 (70), 07/24/2020 18:42 (9), 11/01/2022 14:54 (3), 05/14/2026 00:50 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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