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CVE-2008-4676 (GCVE-0-2008-4676)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-22 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:24
VLAI
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in Citrix XenApp (formerly Presentation Server) 4.5 Feature Pack 1 and earlier, Presentation Server 4.0, and Access Essentials 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to creating an unspecified file. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2008-3485, but the vendor advisory is too vague to be certain.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31484 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020954 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/32017 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2702 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2008-09-29 00:00
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