Privilege escalation in Citrix Gateway Plug-In

CVE-2020-8257

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

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.7th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-8257: held from 0.016 to 0.017.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.017 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Citrix Gateway Plug-In
  • Citrix Gateway Plug-In For Windows — versions Versions before and including 13.0-61.48 and 12.1-58.15

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8257?
CVE-2020-8257 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Citrix Gateway Plug-In, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-12-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-8257?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.