CVE-2020-8270
highpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.035 · 89 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
3.48% (89th) EPSS
CVSS 9 · high
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An unprivileged Windows user on the VDA or an SMB user can perform arbitrary command execution as SYSTEM in CVAD versions before 2009, 1912 LTSR CU1 hotfixes CTX285871 and CTX285872, 7.15 LTSR CU6 hotfix CTX285341 and CTX285342
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
9.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
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affected products (7)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- n/a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops≤ 2009, 1912 LTSR CU1 hotfixes CTX285871 and CTX285872, 7.15 LTSR CU6 hotfix CTX285341 and CTX285342enisa_euvdEU
- citrix virtual apps and desktops≤ 2006nvdUScpe:2.3:a:citrix:virtual_apps_and_desktops:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- citrix virtual apps and desktops1903 → 1912nvdUScpe:2.3:a:citrix:virtual_apps_and_desktops:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (4)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8270cnnvd
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX285059cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Citrix-Virtual-Apps-and-Desktops-two-vulnerabilities-33868cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4048/cnnvd
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX285059enisa_euvd
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX285059PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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