CVE-2020-8257
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 14, 2020 at 07:42 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGateway Plug in
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Improper privilege management on services run by Citrix Gateway Plug-in for Windows, versions before and including 13.0-61.48 and 12.1-58.15, lead to privilege escalation attacks
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX282684CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269
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