CVE-2020-13884 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can gain elevated privileges during application uninstallation due to insecure permissions and unquoted paths in Citrix Workspace App.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-13884?

CVE-2020-13884 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Citrix Workspace App before 1912 on Windows has Insecure Permissions and an Unquoted Path vulnerability which allows local users to gain privileges during the uninstallation of the application.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13884?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Citrix Workspace App.

How do I fix CVE-2020-13884?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-13884 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-13884 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13884 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j7f2-25g8-8gjg.

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