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CVE-2020-8270

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-11-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

An unprivileged Windows user on the VDA or an SMB user can perform arbitrary command execution as SYSTEM in CVAD versions before 2009, 1912 LTSR CU1 hotfixes CTX285871 and CTX285872, 7.15 LTSR CU6 hotfix CTX285341 and CTX285342

Affected products

• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops: through 2006; from 1903 through 1912
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops: 2009, 1912 LTSR CU1 hotfixes CTX285871 and CTX285872, 7.15 LTSR CU6 hotfix CTX285341 and CTX285342

References

• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX285059
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX285059

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