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A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Citrix ADC (Application Delivery Controller) and Citrix Gateway, tracked as CVE-2020-8197. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of these products including versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14, and 10.5-70.18. This security flaw allows low-privileged users with management access to execute arbitrary commands on the affected systems (MITRE CVE, NVD).
The vulnerability is characterized as a privilege escalation issue that specifically affects the management interface of Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway products. It requires the attacker to have management access with low privileges to successfully exploit the vulnerability (MITRE CVE).
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers with low-privileged management access to execute arbitrary commands on the affected Citrix systems, potentially leading to complete system compromise (NVD).
Citrix has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade to the following versions or later: 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14, or 10.5-70.18, depending on their current version (Citrix Support).
Source: This report was generated using AI
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