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Citrix Session Recording Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2024-8068

What this means

This is rated medium severity (5.1 out of 10). It is on the known-exploited catalogue, which means attacks using it have already been seen. Ask IT whether Citrix Session Recording is in your estate.

Full vendor description

Privilege escalation to NetworkService Account access in Citrix Session Recording when an attacker is an authenticated user in the same Windows Active Directory domain as the session recording server domain

Scoring and exploitation

5.1/ 10
CVSS 4.0 base scoreMedium

Exploitable from the same local network with a low-privilege account, and no one has to click or open anything. Low impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability.

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Exploitability

Longer bar: easier to attack

Attack vectorAdjacentAV:A
Attack complexityLowAC:L
Attack requirementsNoneAT:N
Privileges requiredLowPR:L
User interactionNoneUI:N

Impact

Longer bar: more harm

ConfidentialityLowVC:L
IntegrityLowVI:L
AvailabilityLowVA:L
~3.5% estimated chance of attack in 30 daysModel estimate (): a probability signal, not confirmed exploitation
Exploited in the wild
Yes — confirmed exploitation (US CISA )
Not reported
Listed product
Citrix Session Recording

Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected products ()

  • Citrix Session Recording
Show the raw CPE strings (18)
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:1912:-:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:1912:cu1:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:1912:cu2:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:1912:cu3:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:1912:cu4:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:1912:cu5:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:1912:cu6:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:1912:cu7:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:1912:cu8:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:2203:-:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:2203:cu1:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:2203:cu2:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:2203:cu3:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:2203:cu4:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:2203:cu5:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:2402:-:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:session_recording:2407:-:*:*:-:*:*:*

References

2 links from the CVE record, grouped by site; the vendor's advisory comes first.

  • Type Vulnerability

    Citrix Session Recording contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation to NetworkService Account access. Known-exploited catalogue reports exploitation in the wild.

    CVE-2024-8068