CVE-2008-3485 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server, including Citrix XP, allowing local users to escalate privileges. An attacker could place a malicious icabar.exe in the search path, leading to arbitrary code execution with elevated permissions. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (high severity), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity, resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits like Metasploit or ExploitDB entries exist, and there's minimal community discussion or media coverage, the potential for privilege escalation makes it a significant risk for affected systems.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:metaframe_presentation_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.