Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Citrix Secure Access Client for Windows
CVE-2023-24491
7.8HIGH
Key Information:
- Vendor
Citrix
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 11 July 2023
What is CVE-2023-24491?
A vulnerability in the Citrix Secure Access Client for Windows allows attackers to escalate local privileges from a Standard User Account to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This can potentially enable unauthorized access to sensitive system-level resources, posing a security risk for environments relying on this client.

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Affected Version(s)
Citrix Secure Access client for Windows Windows 0 < 23.5.1.3
References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved