CVE-2016-6276
Citrix Linux Virtual Delivery Agent (aka VDA, formerly Linux Virtual Desktop) before 1.4.0 allows...
Citrix Linux Virtual Delivery Agent (aka VDA, formerly Linux Virtual Desktop) before 1.4.0 allows local users to gain root privileges via unspecified vectors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Citrix Linux Virtual Delivery Agent (aka VDA, formerly Linux Virtual Desktop) before 1.4.0 allows local users to gain root privileges via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-6276- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Citrix Linux Virtual Delivery Agent (aka VDA, formerly Linux Virtual Desktop) before 1.4.0 allows local users to gain root privileges via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-6276- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7206 No score
Citrix Linux Virtual Delivery Agent (aka VDA, formerly Linux Virtual Desktop) before 1.4.0 allows local users to gain root privileges via unspecified vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7206- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vvrh-w3wg-fx4v
Citrix Linux Virtual Delivery Agent (aka VDA, formerly Linux Virtual Desktop) before 1.4.0 allows...
Citrix Linux Virtual Delivery Agent (aka VDA, formerly Linux Virtual Desktop) before 1.4.0 allows local users to gain root privileges via unspecified vectors.
- Record
GHSA-vvrh-w3wg-fx4v- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-6276 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Citrix Linux Virtual Delivery Agent, published September 26, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.