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CVE-2016-9111

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9111 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Citrix Receiver Desktop Lock 4.5. An attacker with physical access to a VDI can exploit incorrect access control mechanisms by temporarily disconnecting the LAN cable. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) allows for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vendor could not reproduce the issue, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:receiver_desktop:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40686 · Nov 2, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0178 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 1,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/139493/Citrix-Receiver-Receiver-Desktop-Lock-4.5-Authentication-Bypass.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vuldb.com
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/40686
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/94229
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037176