CVE-2024-7890

Local privilege escalation allows a low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM privileges

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2024 at 10:32 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:21 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWorkspaceWorkSpace App

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Local privilege escalation allows a low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM privileges in Citrix Workspace app for Windows

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 2203.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2402_cu1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2405, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2402_cu1v < 2405Current Release (CR) 0 ≤ v < 2405Long Term Service Release (LTSR) 0 ≤ v < 2402 LTSR CU1Current Release (CR) 0Long Term Service Release (LTSR) 0
Affected range stops below 2402 LTSR CU1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2402_cu1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2405, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-269

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