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CVE-2008-3485
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.35%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 71% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious icabar.exe placed in the search path.
Timeline
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By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- citrix-metaframe-icabar-privilege-escalation(44490) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4110 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 30446 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080730 Citrix MetaFrame Privilege Escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-3471 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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