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Improper Access Control

CVE-2022-21825

High
7.8/10

Summary

An Improper Access Control vulnerability exists in Citrix Workspace App for Linux 2012 - 2111 with App Protection installed that can allow an attacker to perform local privilege escalation.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published