Vigil@nce - Citrix XenDesktop: privilege escalation via Pooled Random Desktop Groups
July 2014 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can use a Pooled Random Desktop Group of Citrix
XenDesktop, in order to escalate his privileges.
– Impacted products: XenDesktop
– Severity: 2/4
– Creation date: 10/07/2014
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Citrix XenDesktop product can be deployed in mode Pooled
Random Desktop Groups, with ShutdownDesktopsAfterUse disabled.
However, in this configuration, an attacker can access to the
desktop of another user.
An attacker can therefore use a Pooled Random Desktop Group of
Citrix XenDesktop, in order to escalate his privileges.
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