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CVE-2021-22928
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops that could, if exploited, allow a user of a Windows VDA that has either Citrix Profile Management or Citrix Profile Management WMI Plugin installed to escalate their privilege level on that Windows VDA to SYSTEM.
Affected products
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops: from 2006 through 2106; 1912-cu3; 1912
- Citrix Xenapp: 7.15-cu6, 7.15-cu7; 7.15
- Citrix Xendesktop: 7.15-cu6, 7.15-cu7; 7.15
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops: 2106 HF1, 1912LTSR CU3 HF1, 7.15LTSR CU7 HF1
References
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