CVE-2020-8207
Improper access control in Citrix Workspace app for Windows 1912 CU1 and 2006.1 causes privilege...
Improper access control in Citrix Workspace app for Windows 1912 CU1 and 2006.1 causes privilege escalation and code execution when the automatic updater service is running.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- 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
Improper access control in Citrix Workspace app for Windows 1912 CU1 and 2006.1 causes privilege escalation and code execution when the automatic updater service is running.
- Record
CVE-2020-8207- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Improper access control in Citrix Workspace app for Windows 1912 CU1 and 2006.1 causes privilege escalation and code execution when the automatic updater service is running.
- Record
CVE-2020-8207- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29082 No score
Improper access control in Citrix Workspace app for Windows 1912 CU1 and 2006.1 causes privilege escalation and code execution when the automatic updater service is running.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29082- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4qr3-p83g-c72j No score
Improper access control in Citrix Workspace app for Windows 1912 CU1 and 2006.1 causes privilege...
Improper access control in Citrix Workspace app for Windows 1912 CU1 and 2006.1 causes privilege escalation and code execution when the automatic updater service is running.
- Record
GHSA-4qr3-p83g-c72j- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8207 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Citrix Workspace App For Windows, published July 24, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.06%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.