Local privilege escalation allows a low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM privileges

published 2024-09-11 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-48732

cvss: 7.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits: 0; none known

Local privilege escalation allows a low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM privileges in Citrix Workspace app for Windows

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

Citrix Citrix Workspace app for Windows 2402 LTSR CU1, 2405
citrix workspace_app 2402_cu1, 2405

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-12)

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	7.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	7.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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
NVD	3.1	7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Citrix Citrix Workspace app for Windows
citrix workspace_app

Classification

Weakness

CWE-664 Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime

Technology feeds

Citrix rss critical rss

References

support.citrix.com /s/article/CTX691485-citrix-workspace-app-for-windows-security-bulletin-cve20247889-and-cve20247890?language=e
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-7889
NVD CVE-2024-7889

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Summary