CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-9111

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2016-11-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-11-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-254, CWE-284

Description

Incorrect access control mechanisms in Citrix Receiver Desktop Lock 4.5 allow an attacker to bypass the authentication requirement by leveraging physical access to a VDI for temporary disconnection of a LAN cable. NOTE: as of 20161208, the vendor could not reproduce the issue, stating "the researcher was unable to provide us with information that would allow us to confirm the behaviour and, despite extensive investigation on test deployments of supported products, we were unable to reproduce the behaviour as he described. The researcher has also, despite additional requests for information, ceased to respond to us."

Affected configurations

• citrix receiver desktop 4.5

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References